Accents

Hello all! I'm glad to see you've all been enjoying the blog--the variety of things you've shared is so interesting! I would only suggest that when you post a link, you write 2-3 sentences explaining what it is and why you like it so that people can decide if they want to click on it or not. Also, I encourage you to add a small picture to illustrate or add to whatever you're posting.

In the case of videos, (and feel no pressure to do this if you're not technologically inclined), know that you have the option to "embed" videos, which means that people can see them directly on the blog, rather than opening them in another tab or window. To do this, you just copy the text next to the video (often where it says "embed" or "share") and paste it into the "Edit HTML" tab when you're writing the post. The only time you might not want to do this is if you're posting several videos at once.

It looks great, keep it up!

Here's a fun video of one guy doing a lot of different accents in English--can you hear the differences? Do you recognize any?



P.S. I don't think his Boston accent is that good. If you're curious to hear one, check out this clip from Good Will Hunting (my favorite Boston movie ever).

English Breakfast gets a blog!

"English Breakfast" is a group for conversation in English at IES Las Veredillas: a collaboration between teachers and visiting native-speaking teaching assistants and teachers.

We meet in the Art Department during the break on Wednesdays and Fridays, and all are welcome! Whether you want to acquire some new vocabulary, increase your fluency, or just have a discussion over coffee which happens to be in another language, this time is yours.

As you all know, learning a language requires lots of accumulated hours of diverse kinds of practice, and it can be hard to find the time. The idea behind this blog (thanks, Juanjo!) is to provide a space for all participants to share links of interest to them (feel free to make use of the comments section!) to avoid those pesky Reply-All email chains. I will start by posting some past topics so we have them here stored in one place where they're easy to access, as well as posting short recaps of what we've talked about, and information in case you want to follow up and learn more. I encourage you all to contribute whatever you'd like to the blog, whether by commenting, posting directly (email me at stephanie.wye AT gmail.com to get access) or emailing whatever you'd like to me to post for you.

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--Stephanie