1 Useful pages

Hello!

As you can see, I have added a new section in the blog called useful pages where you will find links to pages I find interesting or useful for your learning. When you start learning a language it is very important to be in touch with that language and the Information and Communication Technologies are the most important tool to facilitate that.

Today I'm going to analize two webs that I use:

-The first one is TED. In this page you can find speeches and videos about hundreds of different topics. What do I like in this site? I really like the huge variety of topics, so you can choose what interests you, and you can find subtitles for the videos in more than 50 languages.

-The second page I want you to know is busuu. Now, we are living the social networks craze, languages are in too.

Busuu is a social network where you can learn 7 different languages.It is absolutely free, although they have some contents that can be only used by those who have a premium account.You create your profile where you say the languages you speak and the languages you want to learn, choosing your level in all of them. In this way, you can correct the exercises of the people who are learning your native language and you are corrected by natives too.

The social aspect of this web is very important because you have the possibility to chat and interact with natives of the language you are learning. Here you have a couple of videos where you can see how it works.

More pages soon!!

Now a small quotation as a gift!

" I speak two languages, Body and English" by Mae West

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And that's not all! I will share with you useful idioms, phrasal verbs, strange words, music, videos, and much more!

Today we have "LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME", which means to be strongly attracted to something regardless of likely negative consequences.

Shakespeare referred to this idiom in The merchant of Venice in 1596:

"Thus hath the candle singd the moath."

I feel quite identified with this idiom, so I always try to keep flames away!;)

See you soon!

0 First steps!

So... you have decided to learn English!Congratulations!your "window" is a little bit nearer!But the question is why?

Why do you need to learn English?Do you need it for your job?or perhaps you want to speak English because you love travelling? Maybe you need English because it is the way to have a wider access to information.

The answer to that question is very important because it will influence a lot your way to the acquisition of the English language.Once you have answered and found  out what is pushing you into the English language, there are some steps that you should take:

1.- Try to identify your necessities and stablish clear and real goals to achieve.

2.- Find the strategies to reach those goals

3.- Be honest! You should recognize your strengths and your weaknesses.

4.- You should take advantage of your environment. That is, if you are going to lessons, take advantage of your teacher, your school, Tv, internet, mates, friends etc.

5.- If you don't have a proper teacher or you want to go faster, be careful when selecting , and using the right materials when you are searching for them on the internet for example. But don't worry I'm here to help you!

6.- Open your mind for the new culture and for the new experiences that learning english will bring you!

Once you have taken these 6 steps you are ready for your travel! I will help you to be residents in the language, not tourists!;)

2 Hello!

 I'm sure you are wondering what is "living in English". LIVING IN ENGLISH is the final aim of this blog. 

 I did not create this blog only as a support for my learners to improve their acquisition of English, I did not create this page, only to keep in touch with you, I did not create this, only to bring closer to you a different culture, but I did decide to open this space because of all of these reasons, and because I am convinced that when you decide to learn a new language, in this case English, you are opening a window to a new language, a new culture, and to a new way of thinking that bursts into your life and captures you forever. It will modify your own way of thinking, and will help you to see and understand the world and people from a different perspective, with a much more open mind.

As I experienced it, when you start learning a language and open that window, there is a turning point when you stop studying English to begin to LIVE IN ENGLISH, and that is what I try with this page, we will open that window together, I will be a mediator, to help English to capture you.

Welcome everyone!