Friday, October 22, 2010

Here's the first chunk of our communal writing project

The woman yawned. A long lazy noise came right out of her and was gone. It was an unearthly sound. She felt extremely tired after a bad night's sleep. Nightmares had plagued her since her early childhood but their vividness had increased of late. They had  become virtually indistinguishable from reality.

Nadia tentatively felt the other side of her bed with the back of her hand in vain. Her husband was gone.

Friday, October 08, 2010

Great alphabet song sporting an irresistible funky beat.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-alphabet-song
Traditional children's songs. Take your pick.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs

My personal favourite
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/if-you’re-happy-and-you-know-it
Tongue twisters make excellent warm up practice!
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters
The BBC put together this amazing resource. This is a sound by sound approach to the English phonemic system which will surely help you out with your pronunciation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Tuesday, October 05, 2010


Interview with Amy Winehouse. She had just published her first album at the time. She was only 20 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbsuC_Y3bmM&p=0ADA4C02DF4EB578&playnext=1&index=29

Live performance of her debut album hit Stronger than me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLJx0qoiNs