Princeton Review Vocabulary Minute Podcast

Hi all, A while ago, we have introduced a couple of great (and free) English learning podcasts, including the ESLPod. Have you started listening to any podcast yet? If you haven’t, there is one more reason for you to do so. Recently I discovered The Princeton Review (yes, the one who published a couple of [...]

Free English video lessons

Today I stumped across engVid at www.engvid.com. This website provide more than 300 video lessons by experienced native speaker teachers (American), covering a wide range of topics,  from grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, TOELF, etc. While the videos do not provide in-depth knowledge, they are good resource for intermediate to advanced students to review English and improve [...]

Learn English with Podcast – Part 2

Have you tried listening to the podcasts on ESLPod? I have been listening to them a lot recently, on my way to school, at the bus station, on the bus, on my bike, when I go shopping, when I cook… Yeah that’s part of the learning process. Maybe you don’t really pay attention to what [...]

Learn English with Podcast – Part 1

Technically this is not really the first entry for our coming back, it’s the third Today I will introduce you to learning English with Podcast. I know this might not be new to many of you, but this is somehow new to me. I have heard of English Cafe (which is a part of their [...]

TED – Ideas worth spreading

Tặng những ai sẽ phải thuyết trình trong tương lai. Hôm nay tìm được cái này. Link to website of TED Một trong những cách học tốt nhất có lẽ là học từ những người tốt nhất. Trong website ở phía trên là tập hợp các video các bài thuyết trình chuyên ngành – Bạn [...]

Tầm quan trọng của đọc và nghe

Khi nói bằng tiếng mẹ đẻ, bạn không cần phải suy nghĩ về ngữ pháp hay từ vựng mà bạn sử dụng. Bạn nói theo bản năng của mình. Thực ra, bộ não của bạn đang sử dụng chính những câu mà bạn đã nhìn thấy, hoặc đã nghe thấy. Nếu bạn muốn nói tiếng [...]

We are no heroes

Let’s relax with this lovely song (Well… I could not embed it to this blog as WordPress does not support it. You need to click on this link to go to the song then. Happy listening ) WE ARE NO HEROES [Music and Lyrics: Dieter Bohlen] You’re (1) ____ in your heart And I swear [...]

Listening & Speaking practice – Trial version

Hi all, How is the semester going so far? It seems like everyone is getting busy, letting our blog kind of deserted I got suggestions and questions from my friends about speaking problems. Here are some of my thoughts. Those are not new, but I believe they worth being repeated. 1. The first key to [...]

Friends TV show

Let me suggest one more way for you to improve your listening skill. You should watch the TV show “Friends”. This TV show has 10 seasons. This is its description in Wikipedia Friends is an American situation comedy about a group of six friends living in the New York City borough of Manhattan that was [...]

Nối từ trong tiếng Anh

Được làm author mà từ trước đến giờ chưa viết bài nào cả, hôm nay mình viết một vài điều về phát âm (pronunciation) và cách nối từ (linking). Nhớ hồi trước, khi nghe nói đến nối âm là mình rất sợ. Tuy nhiên sau này khi đã hiểu nhiều hơn về phát âm, thì [...]