Marisa Constantinides's Posts (2)

Sort by

 

Dear friends on My English Club

Did you know that every day we listen to spoken language for more than 60% of our waking time? 

How much listening to English do you do every day? 

Did you know that listening is the one more important skill which will help you become better speakers of English? 

Here is a wonderful site which I recommend to all my students. You can use it on your own - in fact it's ideal for self study. 

Choose your level and go! 

 

General Listening Quizzes
[ Listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices ]
Easy 
Answering Machine 
A Day at School 
Apartments for Rent 
Camping Under the Stars 
Christmas is Coming! 
Clothing Styles 
Business Communications 
College Life 
Daily Schedule 
DVD Movie Rentals 
Eye Glasses for You 
A Fun Day 
Family Activities 
Family Relationships 
First Date 
Getting Around Tokyo 
Good Old Blues 
Hamburger Restaurant 
Happy Birthday! 
Heavenly Pies Restaurant 
Hotel Reservations 
Immigration and Customs 
Lost in the Crowd 
Nice to Meet You 
Party Time! 
Phone Message 
Picnic Preparations 
Reading Time 
Rental Shop (Version B) 
Shopping for the Day 
Sightseeing in Town 
Snack Time 
So, what's the matter? 
Spending Money 
Tell me about yourself 
Train Tickets 
Travel Arrangements 
Travel on Sky Airlines 
What a Busy Day! 
Where are you from?
Medium 
A Student Credit Card 
A Healthy Lifestyle 
A Hiking Family 
A Story to Remember 
American Slang 
Back to School Supplies 
Baking Cookies 
Breakfast Recipes 
Budget Hotel Rooms 
Car Rental 
College Majors 
College Textbooks 
Computer Sales 
Dinner Time 
Driver's License 
Emergency Call 
Exercise Program 
English Language Center 
Great Apartment Living 
Grocery Shopping 
Haven't We Met Before? 
Holiday Traditions 
Japanese Public Bath 
Just a Haircut, Please! 
Leisure Activities 
Medical Advice 
Meeting Singles 
New York Travel 
Personal Security 
Pizza Delivery 
Radio Advertising 
Saturday's Chores 
Show Times 
Snacks and Candy 
Street Market 
Taxi Ride (Medium) 
Traffic Ticket 
TV Guide 
Vacation Plans 
Weekly Activities 
World of Computers

Difficult 
Adsense: Making Money 
72-Hour Emergency Kit 
A Free Cell Phone! 
A University Degree 
ABCs of Money Matters 
Cancer Treatment 
Car Accident 
Car Repairs 
Dating Woes 
Driving Road Test 
Enjoying the Zoo 
Easy Pet Care 
Flower Shop 
First Mountain Bank 
Friday Night Mishaps 
Friendly Dental Care 
Funerals: Expressing Condolences 
Furniture Store Ad 
Home Repairs 
Home Security 
Hotel Check-In 
Housing Complaints 
It's a Home Run! 
Job Hunting 
Movie Review 
Personal Problems 
Professional Babysitting 
Refinancing Mortgage Loans 
Rental Shop (Version A) 
School Report 
Security Systems 
Store Returns 
Summer Camp 
Taxi Ride (Difficult) 
Telemarketing 
The Ideal Woman 
Trivia Game Show 
Utah Travel Ad 
Video Game Systems 
Wedding Anniversary 
Where's the movie theater?

Basic Listening Quizzes 
[ Short Listening Activites for Beginning and Intermediate Students ]
Easy
Calendars and Dates
Conversation Starters 
Directions Around Town (1) 
Introductions 
Names: Meeting People 
Shopping and Prices 
Telling Time
Easy 
Clothing and Fashion 
Directions Around Town (2)
Family Relationships 
Hobbies 
Restaurants 
Shopping Center
Telephone
Medium 
Bus Travel 
Directions Around Town (3) 
ESL Programs 
Job Hunting - Quiz 1 
Job Hunting - Quiz 2 
Movies 
Travel and Numbers
Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes
[ Prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations ]
Medium 
Arches National Park 
Business Meeting 
ESL Program Meeting 
First Day of Class 
Internet Access 
Saving the Earth 
The Four Seasons 
Taped Library Tour 
Tour of Kyoto, Japan
Difficult
Airport Announcement 
Battle at the Front 
Dream Team X 
Exotic Animal Kingdom 
Friday's Weather Forecast 
I Love Trees 
Lawsuit Settlement 
Space Radio Theater 
The Christmas Gift 
The Japanese Economy
Very Difficult 
A Greener World 
A Rare Solar Eclipse 
A Visitor from Space 
Campaign Speech 
Cosmetic Surgery 
Learning Languages 
Our Aging Society 
Raising Successful Children 
Traffic Report 
Travel Log 
World News Stories

 

 

 

Read more…

Why do I blog?

I am a teacher educator from Athens, Greece. My job is to train English teachers and help them become better teachers in the classroom.

One year ago, I started blogging. My blogs are written for teachers of English and you can see them here:

So here I am writing this post to share my enthusiasm about blogging with you and to make you start blogging too!

Why do I blog?

Richard St. John shares his eight secrets of success in a fantastic video and I want to talk about blogging and how I think it is connected to these eight great secrets.

Here are the eight secrets in a word cloud

Richard St.John’s Eight Secrets of Success – Made with http://www.wordle.net/


I blog for all the reasons in the word cloud:

  • I blog because I want to be an excellent educator (Excellence)
  • I blog because I want to share my ideas (Serve Others)
  • I persist even when I am tired; good results need hard work! (Work!)
  • I blog to focus more on my interest and learn more about it (Focus)
  • I blog because this makes me think and learn new things (Push Yourself)
  • I get more ideas by trying to explain my ideas to other people. (Ideas)
  • I blog because I love my job and I am passionate about teaching (Passion)
  • I persist because I believe communicating your ideas is important for learning (Persist)

What should you blog about?

Blog about something you love, something you are passionate about. It may be your stamp collection, it may be travel, it may even be your love of the English language!

If you love your subject, you will find more things to write and you will also find the time, no matter how busy you are.

It takes time but it’s worth it!

Writing helps you become a better writer and the better you get, the more your English will improve!

May be you will find it hard at the the beginning. I found it hard too!

But with time, it gets easier. Remember! You won’t get better by waiting! You will get better by trying!”

Go beyond your comfort zone

Challenge yourself and you will surely be amazed by how much you will learn by communicating with the world!

And if you would like to listen to this great talk which inspired this post, here it is below, one of the great TED talks.



I look forward to reading some great posts.

Read more…