Monday, March 31, 2008

Tuesday

There's nothing on the television, so what do you do?

You practice English of course!

Go on! You might like it.

CLICK HERE.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Another Friday, another week over.
But there's no rest for the wicked so:

the word of the day is:
FAKE

the exercise of the day is about phrasal verbs:

Learn phrasal verbs

and a new addition to the nearly daily blog,

Great Britons:

The first part of the list of list of Great Britons will be dedicated to favourite Members of Parliament,

John Stonehouse

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Thursday

So France beat England in a very boring game and Sarko met the Queen. Wow!
If you're planning a holiday, perhaps Comoros isn't the best destination for French people at the moment.


The words of the day.
Woo
Gambit

The lesson for today is:
What time is it?

and if you want something more difficult, try this:

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wednesday

So, Nicolas Sarkozy and his glamourous wife are in England meeting the Queen for a state visit, France will play England tonight to see who has the better football team (Come on England!) and the EU have annoyed the English again.

but that won't stop us from getting on with the serious business of learning English.

So, the word for the day is:
SWARF

the exercises are:
pronunciation pairs
and present
simple or present continuous

Friday, March 21, 2008

Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.

Today's words of the day are:
WIND

PATTERN

Boost your technical vocabulary with this article:

Fibre-Optic communication

Are you feeling motivated enough to do some grammar exercises?
You are! Great!
Present perfect

and here's a little English humour.
This is a compilation of clips from a series called "The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin" which is one of the greatest series ever made, in any language.



If it didn't make you laugh then that's perhaps because it might be a little out of context.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

another day

Today's word of the day is
SCHEDULE


Today's grammar lesson for the day is
present continuous


Do you have a problem with the alphabet?
YES

And here's a telephone lesson, very realistic.



Do you need help with pronunciation?

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Welcome to the English blog

Hello and welcome to Radiall's English blog,

My name's Alec and I started today at Radiall in Chateaurenault, I decided to put together a blog that will run parallel to the lessons I give on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

So, I think it would be a good idea to learn the Present Simple

It's also a good idea to do active listening exercises, which doesn't sound like a lot of fun, so I recommend you do a google search for ZeFrank and see what you get. (I could have embedded one of his videos here but some of the things he says are a little inappropriate)
If you don't feel like looking for ZeFrank or you discovered that he's really not easy to understand, no worries, here's something easier:-