Friday, 17 December 2010

English Central

Some while ago, Maite (5A) recommended EnglishCentral.com for listening and pronunciation practice. It was already recommended somewhere in this blog, and Maite's right: it IS very good.

The only problem with it is that, although it's free, you have to register, and for some reason the hassle of registering puts a lot of people off. You know, clicking things is soooo tiring...

You also need a mike, which is also unfathomably off-putting: look, you've probably got one lying around the house somewhere without realising, and even if you haven't, they're really inexpensive and are extremely useful for language learning, for obvious reasons.

So, basically, in order to convince you of its usefulness, I've put together this not-very-good video about how to use English Central (not to mention that Sheldon Cooper is also one of my favourite sitcom characters).

Your feedback demanded appreciated, PLEASE.





PS. Wow, what does Blogger do to videos to make them so blurry and squashy-looking?

Look, I've uploaded it here - it's not so bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9lQCQK514

2 comments:

Laura R. F. 5A said...

I am one of those people who need to buy a Mike...

I also know another website where you can practise your English and vocabulary while you are singing... You can also compete with other participants. Hope you like it!

http://www.lyricstraining.com

See you on Thursday!

La Teacher said...

Thanks Laura, it's really interesting!