OBAMA´S INFOMERCIAL

Although you are not voters in the next USA elections you may be interested in watching Obama´s infomercial.

Click here to watch it.
Click here to read the transcript.
Thanks Antonio!

US ELECTIONS




In the US, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, Barack Obama, ran a half-hour advertisement on a range of American TV networks last night. The extensive advertising effort was followed by a joint rally with Bill Clinton in Florida.


Click here to listen and learn some news vocabulary.

SHOWING INTEREST


How to show interest with someone in an informal conversation

In this programme you can find out how to show interest with someone in an informal way. After you have listened to the programme, get some more practice doing the quiz.

ENGLISH SUCCESS STORY


Peter is Swedish but he learned to speak English fluently. He explains how he did it. Listen to him and do the quiz. You can listen to it as many times as you like and read the transcript when you finish.

http://www.elllo.org/english/0701/Q730-Peter-English.html

GLOBAL ENGLISH


Do you speak global English?

When someone from China speaks to someone from Sudan which language do they speak?

The British Council, an organisation that promotes British culture, has just published a new report about the importance of English as a global language.

Listen to this programme that features the author of the report, David Graddol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1412_weekender/page35.shtml