WELCOME - Pronunciation

Welcome to English Level 2

In this blog you have material to support your learning.
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PRONUNCIATION


Remember Pronunciation is key for speaking and understanding english.










  Here's a video about the pronunciation and the IPA:






There are tons of websites with free pronunciation courses. If you are interested, there is one of them. The following link has a good english pronunciation course in spanish. You only have to register and the course is free:

http://www.solidenglish.net/signup.php

There is a good website where you can paste anything you have and listen to a man or woman read it:  http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
or  http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/








This link contains listening exercises to practice  pronunciation. You can download the .zip file and listen and repeat the words to improve your pronunciation.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbbd9bl50j70s4d/CDCursoPronunciacion.zip

EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES

Expressing likes:

• I like…
• I love...
• I adore…
• I ‘m crazy about…
• I’m mad about…
• I enjoy…
• I’m keen on…

Expressing dislikes:

• I don’t like…
• I dislike...
• I hate…
• I abhor…
• I can’t bear...
• I can’t stand…
• I detest...
• I loathe...

 Examples of likes and dislikes :

I'm mad about basketball, but I can’t bear ice hockey.
I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the housework.

If you neither like nor dislike something:

"I don't mind doing the housework."

Things to remember about likes and dislikes:

1. When these expressions are followed by a verb, the latter is put in the -ing form.
Examples:

"I like listening to music."
"I hate wearing sunglasses."

I like	VERB+ING
I detest
I don't mind

2. Note that" very much" & " a lot" always come after the things you like.
Examples:

 "I like basketball very much/a lot. NOT" I like very much/a lot basketball."

3. Be careful when you use "I don't mind..."
Examples:

"Do you mind playing football?"
"No, I don't mind."(Although it's in a negative form, it means that it's ok for me. I neither love it nor hate it.)

Dialogue:

Steve is at home. His girlfriend comes in...Notice how they express their likes and dislikes

Steve:	Hello, darling. Do you fancy watching a film tonight?
Girlfriend:	Oh, no thanks, I don't really feel like watching a film tonight. How about going out instead.
Steve:	OK. Do you feel like going to the theater?
Girlfriend:	Oh, no. I hate it. Do you like eating at the new Chinese restaurant?
Steve:	I don't mind. The Chinese cuisine is alright.
Girlfriend:	Well I really love it. Let's go.

LINKS

Audio:

http://www.esl-lab.com/like1/like1.htm

Listening about music likes:

http://www.dailyesl.com/listening-to-music.htm

How to express likes (BBC): (listening exercise, grammar explanation and text)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page2.shtml

How to express dislikes (BBC): (listening exercise, grammar explanation and text)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page3.shtml

VIDEOS

VIDEO LINKS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/videonation/archive/g_m/jonny_sutton_my_room.shtml

Interactive activity likes:

http://www.quia.com/pop/159019.html

FOOD

Complete the following crossword about food quantities:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YoIJuvJS5XLYn3RfKkE3FIuBb-Z0rQyOsnjb01ff8F0/edit?usp=sharing