Friday, April 30, 2010

Lunar Calendar - Moon Phases - Zodiac Signs

Reveal the mystical power of Moon with our Lunar calendar in your Time Zone!

Current position of Moon Phases in Zodiac Signs, tips for harmonizing chakras, bodycare, housework, gardening, etc. The gadget supports these languages: Czech, English, German, Spanish.


Central European Time:



Asia Time:



Hawaii Time:



Atlantic Time:


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Listen A Minute - Easier English Listening

Listen A Minute.com - Very short listenings (less than a minute). Free printable handouts, downloads plus MP3 listening and quizzes.

One minute a day is all you need to improve your listening skills.
Focus on new words, grammar and pronunciation in these short texts.
Doing the online activities, discussion, survey and writing will help.
Listen many times - enough for you to you understand everything.





Listen A Minute by Sean Banville.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Free Podcast English Course

INGLESTOTAL NOW WITH DIGITAL SOUND !!! Now our podcast has digital sound. We are improving our recording system and now we are proud of bringing better quality in our podcasts.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The World Map of Languages for Teachers

The World Map of Languages by EuroTalk.

There are 6,900 living languages in the world and many thousands more dialects.



EuroTalk Non Profit Simple Lessons on Important Subjects

Our Interactive video lessons cover a vast range of topics, with an emphasis on health and primary education. The lessons are all listed below. Click to see which languages each lesson is available in.



Here’s a quick taster of the way we teach languages. You don’t have to stop there. Select another language to learn, or check out our full products.

Welcome to EuroTalk Education for Primary, Secondary and Higher Education Teachers.

EuroTalk has designed its software to keep your students engaged and entertained at the same time as giving you detailed feedback about their progress and the ability to direct their learning and set them goals within the program.

Our software is in schools, colleges and institutions worldwide. It can be networked and is compatible with interactive projectors and whiteboards and we’ll give you any technical support you need throughout the entire lifetime of your product.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Learn 10 new words every day

Learn10 is a system for language learners which enables members to quickly develop a durable learning habit. We create fresh, new content every day, limited to the length of a text message. This is distributed across the web and beyond via a popular Facebook app, widget, email, iPhone webapp, Twitter feed, affiliate 'adverts', as well as competitions, windows screensaver & Seesmic videos. Learn10 creates user engagement in learning by encouraging cooperation and competition between learners in a mix of free and premium flavours.

Learn10 gives you a learning habit that's hard to kick. 10 new words, everywhere every day. Power up your new language now.

Use the language icon at the bottom left of every page to change the interface language. Please note that the Learn10 interface is currently auto-translated from English using Google Translate.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Vocabulary Games

Learning vocabulary can be fun!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Achmed the dead terrorist

Achmed the dead terrorist by Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist and stand-up comedian.



Friday, April 23, 2010

GRE & SAT Vocabulary Test

Test Prep Review:

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is used as a screening tool for graduate students.

The SAT is administered by College Board, and is developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus' single "Party in the USA" performed in American Sign Language.



Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Type in


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Match maker

Monday, April 19, 2010

Mind the gaps flashcards

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Intermediate English Crossword

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Select one word

Friday, April 16, 2010

Area for Text-to-Speech Synthesizers



Hi! Welcome to Expressivo Text Reader free web service.

Enter text you wish to be spoken (max 200 characters) and choose a voice:




Expressivo is voiced by IVONA.
IVONA Text-To-Speech is recognized among the best in the world.



Thursday, April 15, 2010

Free printable worksheets for busy teacher


BUSY TEACHER: Free Printable Worksheets For Teachers!
1000s of free printable worksheets for every busy teacher: great lesson plans, grammar and vocabulary worksheets, amazing teacher-made handouts for your every lesson!

Please register here to be able to download worksheets, add new materials, see hidden links and much more. It's FREE!

It has a lot of sections:


This website was made by English teachers for English teachers, and it contains printable worksheets and handouts made by registered users who have granted BUSYTEACHER.ORG full permission to publish their materials on this website.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

10 Websites for teaching or learning English

My friend on Facebook Luis wrote an article on this post title in Spanish and I just want to share here:

10 Webs para la enseñanza/aprendizaje de inglés
Recursos gratuitos, útiles y accesibles para salir de un aprieto

Between those free resources, useful and accessible to out of a bind, this blog is being honored in second place knowing that English Portal blog is intended for personal and educational non-profit use.

In the words of Luis:
"It makes extensive use of multimedia resources available on the Internet Web 2.0"

Reading the full article you will know what those 10 highly recommended websites are to help English language teachers.

You can read another interesting languages articles writen by Luis partners here:
http://idiomas.suite101.net/

Thanks Luis and follow me here.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Spell Checker As You Type

SpellCheckAsYouType (SCAYT) allows the user to see and correct misspellings while typing.

Misspelled words are underlined.
User just needs to right-click a marked word and selects a suggestion to replace the word with.

Options:
- Ignore All-Caps Words
- Ignore Words with Mixed Case
- Ignore Words with Numbers
- Ignore Domain Names

Languages:
English, British English, English Canadian, French Canadian, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Greek, Finnish.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Grammarly Perfect Text

Who Uses Grammarly?

School and Academic Research
Academic writing comprises a wide set of norms and genres that are difficult to grasp. Grammarly gives students an indispensable proofreading tool that not only catches plagiarism, grammar and style mistakes, but also delivers instructional feedback that serves to make students better writers

International Business
English is firmly entrenched nearly everywhere as the international language of business. Grammarly is used by businessmen from all parts of the world who want to communicate more clearly with their partners and customers.

Social Media and Blogs
Correct grammar and spelling are pivotal for blogger reputation and credibility. Grammarly provides bloggers with a 360-degree view of writing mistakes in a post and ensures that their writing is always up to professional standards.

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