Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Monday, 19 December 2016
PINK - GLITTER IN THE AIR (WITH LYRICS AND ONLINE EXERCISES)
A TRAVÉS DE: www.youtube.com/angeey95
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Thursday, 15 December 2016
JOBS CROSSWORD
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ENCONTRADO EN: www.eslgamesplus.com
Etiquetas:
BEGINNER,
ELEMENTARY,
GAMES,
INTERACTIVE GAMES,
JOBS,
PLAY AND LEARN,
PROFESSIONS,
VOCABULARY,
WORK
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Friday, 9 December 2016
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW - THE WIZARD OF OZ
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Thursday, 8 December 2016
WRITING A MAGAZINE ARTICLE: AN EXAMPLE AND SOME GENERAL TIPS
ENCONTRADO EN: learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
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OTHER GENERAL TIPS ON WRITING A MAGAZINE
ARTICLE (EXTENSION):
STEP 1: SELECT YOUR TOPIC.
Choose a topic that interests you enough to focus on it for at least a week or two. If your topic is broad, narrow it. Instead of writing about how to decorate your home, try covering how to decorate your home in country style on a shoestring budget. That’s more specific and, as such, easier to tackle.
Choose a topic that interests you enough to focus on it for at least a week or two. If your topic is broad, narrow it. Instead of writing about how to decorate your home, try covering how to decorate your home in country style on a shoestring budget. That’s more specific and, as such, easier to tackle.
Then write a rough, rough draft, including
everything you can think of. Stay loose, avoid getting analytical, and enjoy
the process of sharing what you know. When you’re done, you’ll have the bare
bones of an article that only you could write. Then put it aside for a while.
STEP 2: ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE’S NEEDS.
Now, come back to your piece. Switch gears and imagine you’re the reader of this article. Pick three words to describe the audience you want to address (e.g., professionals, single men). As this reader, what questions would you like answered? You might not know the answers yet, but list the questions anyway; you’ll find answers in the next step.
Now, come back to your piece. Switch gears and imagine you’re the reader of this article. Pick three words to describe the audience you want to address (e.g., professionals, single men). As this reader, what questions would you like answered? You might not know the answers yet, but list the questions anyway; you’ll find answers in the next step.
STEP 3: RESEARCH.
Research will ground your article in fact. Good details to include with your how-to are:
Research will ground your article in fact. Good details to include with your how-to are:
- Statistics
- Quotes by well-known
people
- Definitions
- Anecdotes (short, illustrative stories about yourself or someone else)
- Quotes and examples from people like the reader or from popular books
on the subject
- References to other media (film, television, radio)
- Helpful tools, resources or products (if many, consider creating a
sidebar)
- References to local venues or events (if for a regional/local
publication).
Collect everything you have gathered and put it in a folder, an electronic document, a notebook or whatever you like. Don’t forget to keep track of sources in case you are later asked by an editor to verify them. You may want to sift through your research at a separate sitting from gathering it. Or just go ahead and sprinkle your research in right when you find it. It’s a lot like cooking—play around until you feel you have it “just right.”
STEP 4: TIGHTEN YOUR DRAFT.
Keeping your audience in mind, write a tighter draft incorporating the new supporting information you’ve collected. Sometimes what you’ve learned in Steps 2 and 3 may compel you to start over with a completely fresh draft. Or you may just want to revise what you have as you proceed, retaining a nice conversational tone by directly addressing your audience.
Keeping your audience in mind, write a tighter draft incorporating the new supporting information you’ve collected. Sometimes what you’ve learned in Steps 2 and 3 may compel you to start over with a completely fresh draft. Or you may just want to revise what you have as you proceed, retaining a nice conversational tone by directly addressing your audience.
This time when you read your draft, ask
yourself: Is it working? Is it too general, too lightweight, uninteresting,
unclear or choppy? If so, comb some of your favorite publications for how-to
articles. What techniques are those writers using that you might employ?
STEP 5: MAKE IT SPECIFIC.
Double-check to see that you’ve included every pertinent step in the process. How-to articles have to be thorough. You want your reader to walk away knowing exactly how to make that Thanksgiving dinner on a shoestring budget, execute that rugby tackle or locate great accommodations.
Double-check to see that you’ve included every pertinent step in the process. How-to articles have to be thorough. You want your reader to walk away knowing exactly how to make that Thanksgiving dinner on a shoestring budget, execute that rugby tackle or locate great accommodations.
If your narrative goes on and on, or off in too
many directions, break it down into key points indicated with subheads (as in
this article). Synthesizing complicated information and breaking it down into
steps is especially crucial for online writing, and is also a trend in print.
STEP 6: READ, REVISE, REPEAT.
Read the draft of your how-to article out loud to a supportive friend. Then, ask her a series of questions: Does she now understand the process? Are there any steps missing? Is there anything else she would like to know about the subject? Could she do the task herself? With your friend’s suggestions in mind, use your best judgment in deciding what changes, if any, need to be made.
Read the draft of your how-to article out loud to a supportive friend. Then, ask her a series of questions: Does she now understand the process? Are there any steps missing? Is there anything else she would like to know about the subject? Could she do the task herself? With your friend’s suggestions in mind, use your best judgment in deciding what changes, if any, need to be made.
Here’s a quick list to help you catch errors or
omissions:
- Did you adequately describe the ingredients/supplies needed in order
for the reader to complete the task?
- Did you include all the important steps?
- Is the order logical?
- Did you use words that indicate sequence: first, next, then?
- Did you warn readers of possible pitfalls?
Rewrite, read aloud, rewrite, read aloud, rewrite, find a proofreader and, only when you’re satisfied you’ve written an effective how-to article, submit your piece to an appropriate publication with a short cover letter.
ENCONTRADO EN: www.writersdigest.com
REGLAS GENERALES DE PRONUNCIACIÓN EN INGLÉS
PRONUN
CIACIÓN |
OBSERVACIONES
|
EJEMPLOS
|
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a
|
ei
|
a) Cuando es tónica a final de sílaba o seguida de
consonante
y e muda. |
fate (féit),
destino
agent (éidchent), agente |
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b) Antes de mb, nci, ng y ste
|
chamber (chéimbar),
cámara
ancient (éinchent), antiguo change (chéinch), cambio waste (uéist), derrochar |
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o
|
a) Antes de l o ll
b) Antes o después de w |
already (olrédi), ya
water (uóter), agua; law (ló:), ley |
a
|
Antes de r
|
far (fá:r), lejos
|
|
e
|
i
|
Cuando es tónica a final de sílaba o seguida de
consonante y e muda.
|
scene (sí:n), escena
me (mí), a mí the (dí), el, la, los, las |
e
|
En las demás palabras unas veces suena como e
abierta y otras como e cerrada francesa.
|
meridian (merídian), meridiano
meter (míte:r), metro |
|
i
|
ai
|
a) Cuando es tónica a final de sílaba o seguida de
consonante
y e muda. |
pine (páin), pino
idol (áidol), ídolo idle (áidl) haragán |
b) Antes de gh, ght, gn, ld y nd
|
high (jái), alto; night (náit),
noche
sign (sáin), firmar; mild (máild), tibio find (fáind), encontrar |
||
c) En algunos monosílabos y en las voces en que precede a una
o más consonantes seguidas de e muda. |
I (ái), yo
biography (baiógrafi), biografía globalize (globaláis), globalizar licence (láisens), permiso |
i
|
d) Cuando no va seguida de e muda.
|
pin (pín), alfiler
fin (fín), aleta |
ae
francesa |
e) Cuando va seguida de r
|
sir (sér), señor; first (férst),
primero
|
|
o
|
ou
|
a) Cuando es tónica a final de sílaba o seguida de
consonante
y e muda. |
vote (vóut), voto
open (óupen), abrir |
b) Antes de ld, lt y st
|
bold (bóuld),
osado; bolt (bóult),cerrojo; most (móust), mayoría
|
o
|
c) Cuando no va seguida de e muda.
|
boy (bói), muchacho
toy (tói), juguete |
ae
francesa |
d) En las palabras de más de una sílaba o
terminaciones tion.
|
admiration (admiréishon), admiración
|
u
|
e) En algunos casos como:
|
who (jú), quien; do (dú),
hacer;
woman (úman), mujer |
f) En los siguientes verbos:
|
to prove (tu prúv),
probar;
to move (tu múv), mover; to lose (tu lús), perder |
||
u
|
iu
|
a) Cuando es tónica a final de sílaba o seguida de
consonante
y e muda. |
tune (tiún), tono
usual (iúshual), usual |
u
|
b) En las siguientes palabras:
|
rule (rúl), regla; bull (búl),
toro;
crude (krúd), crudo; put (put), poner; true (trú), verdadero |
iú
|
c) Al final de sílaba fuerte y cuando precede a
consonante seguida de e muda.
|
pupil (piúpil), alumno;
tube (tiúb), tubo; duty (diúti), deber |
i
|
d) En algunas palabras como:
|
busy (bísi),
ocupado;
building (bílding), edificio |
a
|
e) En algunas palabras como:
|
under (ánder), debajo de;
unload (anlóud), descargar |
|
ae
|
ea
|
aeroplane (eároplein), avión
|
|
ai
|
ei
|
praise (préis), alabanza
|
ao
|
ei
|
aorta (eiórta), aorta
|
|
au
|
ó
|
daughter (dóter), hija
|
|
ay
|
ei
|
day (déi), día
|
|
ea
|
i:
e |
Se representa con dos puntos (:)
una prolongación del sonido
de la vocal. Seguida de una d |
meat (mí:t),
carne
leap (lí:p), salto bread (bréd), pan |
ee
|
i:
|
Se representa con dos puntos (:)
una prolongación del sonido
de la vocal. |
meeting (mí:ting), reunión
deep (dí:p), profundo steel (stí:l), acero |
eo
|
i
|
people (pípl), gente
|
|
eu
eau ew |
iú
|
Europe (iúrop), Europa
beauty (biúti), belleza news (niús), noticias |
|
ei
ey |
ei
|
seine (séin), red de pesca
vein (véin), vena obey (oubéi), obedecer prey (préi), presa |
|
ia
|
ia
|
valiant (váliant), valiente
|
|
ie
|
i:
|
hygiene (jáiyi:n), higiene
|
|
io
|
áio
|
violin (váiolin), violín
|
|
iu
|
iu
|
stadium (stédium), estadio
|
|
oa
|
o:
|
board (bó:rd), tabla
|
|
oe
|
u
ou |
shoe (shú), zapato
toe (tóu), dedo del pie |
|
oi
oy |
oi
|
noise (nóis), ruido
boy (bói), muchacho |
|
oo
|
ú
ó |
foot (fút), pie; good (gúd),
bueno
door (dór), puerta; floor (flór), piso |
|
ou
ow |
áu
|
house (jáus), casa
town (táun), ciudad |
|
ua
|
a:
|
guard (gá:rd), guardia
|
|
ue
|
ui
|
banquet (bánkuit), banquete
|
|
ui
|
iú
|
suit (siút), traje de vestir
|
|
uo
|
uo
|
liquor (líkuor), licor
|
|
c
|
s
|
Delante de e, i, y
|
centre (sénter), centro
city (síti), ciudad cypress (sáipres), ciprés |
ch
|
Por sus variantes, la pronunciación de la CH inicial en
inglés es todo un desafío. Sin embargo puedes guiarte por estas tres reglas
básicas:
|
||
a) Las palabras de origen británico se pronuncian
con sonido /tsh/.
b) Las palabras de origen griego se pronuncian con la consonante K. c) Las palabras de origen francés se pronuncian con la CH francesa. |
tsh
|
change (tshéinsh),
cambio; check (tshék), cheque, verificar
|
k
|
chemistry (kémistri), química; chronicle (krónikl),
crónica
|
ch
francesa |
champagne (shampéin), champaña;
Chopin (shopén), Chopin
|
||
g
|
gue
gui |
Seguida de e, i
|
get (guet),
obtener
give (guiv), dar |
dch
|
En voces francesas y clásicas.
|
gentleman (dchéntleman), caballero
|
|
gh
|
g
|
A principio de palabra
Es muda a fin de sílaba seguida (o no) de t |
ghost (góst), fantasma
nigh (nái), cercano night (náit), noche |
f
|
En los siguientes vocablos:
|
rough (ráf), áspero; tough (táf), duro;
trough (tróf) artesa; laugh (láf), reír;
draught (drá:ft), trago; cough (cóf), tos;
enough (ináf), suficiente
|
|
j
|
dch
|
jovial (dchóvial), jovial
join (dchóin), juntar |
|
ph
|
f
|
philosophy (filósofi), filosofía
|
|
th
|
d
|
Unas veces suena como d
|
the (dé, dí), el, la, los, las
|
dz
|
Otras veces suena como dz
o como z española. |
with (uíz), con
|
|
t
|
sch
|
Cuando va seguida de i y
especialmente en las
terminaciones tion |
admiration (admiréischon), admiración;
station (stéischon), estación
|
v
|
v
|
Tiene el sonido labiodental
fuerte. |
leaves (lívs), hojas
vine (váin), viña |
x
|
s
|
Al principio de la palabra.
|
xylophone (sáilofoun), xilófono
|
gs
|
Cuando va entre vocales.
|
exempt (egsémpt), exento
|
|
ks
|
En los demás casos.
|
box (bóks), caja
|
|
y
|
y
|
Tiene el sonido fricativo de la y
española. |
yes (yes), sí
|
ai
|
Cuando es acentuada en medio
o a fin de dicción. |
type (táip), tipo
why (juái), por qué |
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