Out of - Class - Contributions

It's important to invest time in practicing English because it depends of us to maintain a good level in fluency, in vocaculary, in writing, etc and it can happen just with PRACTICE!

READING

In the last blog entry "In Class Contributions" I said I wanted to practice my "reading skills" to improve my fluency, the speed, and the pronunciation of the words. So I founded an internet page which offers readings with different difficulty levels so you can look for them, they are short and very interesting. The page is:

"Really Learn English"
 http://www.really-learn-english.com/

I read Love is in the air (click it) 

I recorded myself reading some of this stories but I couldn't upload it here  but this is a great manner to do it because you can listen yourself and PRACTICE ultil you got the best fluency. The first 3 times I recorded myself I sounded weird but I compared the first time with the fourth time and it got better :D 

STARES

BLUSHES

LISTENING TO MUSIC  

One of the easiest ways of learning vocabulary and pronunciation is listening to music! But I think that just with good subtitles we can complement this tool because we can read what the singer is singing and try to say it in the correct way. Also I have noticed that some words are pronunciated very fast so we must accustom the ears.

I really like Michael Jackson, so here is one the songs I listened 

CLICK IT          Billie Jean

Here are some of the words I was interested in because of its pronunciation in the 2:22 minute ***Listen to it!***

The same happens with the MOVIES  

I work in a Shared Service Center that gives support to different countries in all the continents. I am the Site Director's assistant so everyday is a surprise! Sometimes I have to make calls to USA and coordinate with other assistants important meetings, so I try to put in practice what I've learned in class for example different tenses:

Present Continuous:  "I'm looking at the email you sent to me and..."

Simple Present:"She doesn't have space in her agenda at that hour so..."