Rice for humanity

Bored and not knowing what to do? Well, you can help people in need while you go back to your homework or when you need to kill some time.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

You can play as long as you want. Not only will be practicing your vocabulary, but you will also help people. Pretty neat, huh?

A nice website thanks to Dvortygirl

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/

This is a website I really liked. Videos are such a great way to learn new things.

Useful links to practice some reading

There is plenty of material for you to practice your reading skills. Many important and very well-known texts are available on the Internet. All of them are good practice. Here is a place where you can find an interesting collection of romantic poems.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Romantic_poetry

Another place that I just stumbled upon the other day is

http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/intermediate/readingcomprehension/readingcompindex.htm

Here you are going to find an interesting collection of readings. They also come with some exercises about vocabulary and comprehension. I will be expecting your comments on this material. See you in class!

More books

It's been always said that old books are most of the time much better than new books. Here you'll find a collection of old books that can take you to unimaginable places. Just download some, find a place where to read, and enjoy.

http://www.archive.org/details/gutenberg

Free Books

A book is always a good choice.

http://www.ploughbooks.co.uk/ebooks

Here is a place where you can get some for free.

Welcome

This post is a little short. Just a couple of links. I will be sending more things, and they will be available here whenever you want.

Here is a short article that shows how collocations are important when learning a language.

• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/collocation-with-advanced-levels-1-not-entirelyproperappropriategood

This is a website that shows the most common collocationsl

• http://esl.about.com/b/2003/10/29/collocations.htm

If you are in the mood of reading long books, or just listening to them. Here is Librivox. It is a collection of audiobooks. You just download the mp3 files and listen as you read. Pinocchio is my favorite one. :)

• http://www.librivox.com

And a tidbit of passive voice.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

Check the blog tomorrow! See you in class.