Resources for autonomous foreign language learning

 Here you can find interesting resources to practice and improve your English.

Combining all the presented resources you can check your oral and written production and learn and practice new vocabulary:

Natural Reader

Natural Reader Online is a text to speech web application that converts any written text into spoken words

Grammarly

Grammarly is a "writing assistant" that you can use to proofread and edit your documents.

Quizlet

Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes.

Travel the globe

 Travel the globe without leaving your room

To make the most out of our trips, the more we know about our destination, the better. Having well-grounded information about the places we are going to visit has a lot of advantages. Don't you agree? Can you name a few?

 Just in case you have not mentioned it in your list, you can increase your creativity when you travel. The first step is to delve deeper into the real way of life of the place you're visiting. 

1.  Do you think those men are tourists or locals? Why?

2. What are they doing?

3. What do you know about this activity?

4. Surf the web in search for new information about it. Summarize what you have learnt.

5. Choose a picture of one of your travels (or your own village) to illustrate a tradition, celebration, etc and write similar questions.

6. What do we learn from these pictures? What's the story behind them?

Inside a building

Look at the following picture and answer the following questions:

1. What type of building is it?

2. Where is it located?

3. Who lives there?

On the ground floor, you can find this room. We know that it is hardly used.

1. What uses can you find for it?

2. Would you change, add or move anything?

Imagine that the building is on sale. How would you persuade potential buyers?

A man on the phone

 

Look at that man on the picture. 

1. Who do you think he is talking to? 

2. What is he talking about? 

3. Where is he? 

4. What is he doing there?

5. Where is he from?

Imagine that he is advertising something.

6. What do you think it can be? Give as many alternatives as you wish.

7. Choose one option from the previous question and write a slogan about it. 

💬  Remember that a slogan is a catchy phrase used for advertising. To be effective, it should be brief, differentiating and memorable. 

Reading: Fluffballs

Fluffballs-Pelusas. Bilingual edition

Click here to get a full copy of the book

Reading: Chapter 1: Choosing titles and finding different uses

 

1. Read the first chapter of the book "Fluffballs" and write different titles for it.

2. The fluffball in the middle is holding a fork in its hand. How many different uses can you think for a fork?

3.  The first chapter takes place in a library. In literary tourism, visiting libraries is a common practice. Choose a special library anywhere in the world and indicate what's unique about it.