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Introduction Introduction: An overview of the course and an introduction to the main characters in the drama. Rebecca's Dream Rebecca's Dream: The story begins as we meet Rebecca Casey, a 28-year-old Boston working woman, who dreams of becoming a singer. We also meet her boyfriend Matt who doesn't think much of her dream, and her 17-year-old brother, Kevin, who doesn't think much about the future at all. Differences Differences: Rebecca starts to apply to music schools. A Visit To The Doctor A Visit To The Doctor: Rebecca's father has a worrisome checkup from his doctor. Celebrations Celebrations: Kevin graduates from high school, and Rebecca, after several rejections, is accepted into the San Francisco College of Music. Breaking The News Breaking The News: Rebecca's father tells Rebecca that he is against the San Francisco plan, but Kevin supports her. Leaving Home Leaving Home: Rebecca's father surprises her with the car and gives her a necklace that belonged to her mother.

Learn Songs (For ESL/EFL Students) Newest "Learn a Song" Podcast Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - March 23, 2012 Focusing on "linking" pronunciation and the "soft-T." Learn Songs Using the Teleprompter Player Learn Songs Using My Vidoes on YouTube Learn Songs Using the Flash Player Most of these are excerpts from recordings that I did a many years ago. Complete Podcasts Converted to Flash If you don't see the play button when you go to one of these pages, please reload the page and you should be able to see the play button. First, listen and repeat to learn the words and the melody. Previous Podcasts Split and Converted to Flash The "listen and repeat" part and the "sing the whole song" part have been split into two files. More About "Learn a Song" & History

Glosario básico inglés-español para usuarios de Internet - Cuarta edición Índice de contenido Prólogo de M. Carmen Ugarte García Un paso más hacia adelante, otra etapa de ese camino que Rafael Fernández Calvo comenzó hace ya siete años largos con unas docenas de palabras reunidas en un artículo para una monografía, sobre la entonces poco conocida Internet, que apareció en Novática nº 110 (julio-agosto de 1994). En aquel verano, Internet era todavía más una posibilidad que entreveían algunos especialistas y entusiastas que una realidad a la que iban a tener acceso todos los ciudadanos; sin embargo, su vocabulario ya presentaba ciertas dificultades y se comenzaban a manejar términos y siglas que luego se harían tremendamente populares como "WWW" y "web" y para los que Rafael se atrevía a dar un equivalente en castellano: "malla". Pero no nos adelantemos a los acontecimientos y volvamos a aquellos primeros balbuceos. ... "Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar". Saludo del Presidente de ATI Apreciadas lectoras, apreciados lectores: Un cordial saludo, Español

Audio for ESL/EFL: Listen and Read Along (Flash/MP3) YouTube Videos Science and Technology This is 4 minutes long and use the Teleprompter Player.'Caine’s Arcade' Video Brings Fame to Creative Boy Words & Their Stories These are 5 minutes long and use the Teleprompter Player. American Stories The Tell-Tale Heart - Written by Edgar Allan Poe (Teleprompter) A Pair of Silk Stockings - Written by Kate Chopin (On YouTube.com)This is a playlist with 2 videos. (13:15) The Diamond Lens - Written by Fitz-James O'Brien (On YouTube.com)This is a playlist with 6 videos. (24 minutes) The Law of Life - Written by Jack London. President Obama Barack Obama's Weekly AddressesFor advanced students, we have a set of these. About "Listen and Read Along" These are all things that I adapted from material produced by the Voice of America (VOA). Some of these are in Flash, some are MP3 files played by a Flash player and some are hosted on YouTube.com.

English bookshelf - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks From Wikibooks, open books for an open world English English in use (June 09 2007) - Grammar guideEnglish for B2 students (June 09, 2007) - Upper Intermediate course bookEnglish for beginners (June 09, 2007) - Elementary course bookFCE English (June 09, 2007) - FCE exam study guideBusiness English (June 09, 2007)Systematic English Phonics (Jan 24, 2005)English GrammarHandbook of English Language StandardsOld English (Sep 9, 2005) KanTalk - Community for Language Learners Mango Languages - Home ESL Podcast Blog » Listen with iTunes Using iTunes: The easiest way to subscribe to our podcast is to download the free iTunes software (both Windows and Mac). Follow these steps: Click here to go to the download site for iTunes. Using Other Podcast SoftwareYou can enter our “feed” page (our podcast address) into other podcast software such found here. How do I download the older ESL Podcasts not in iTunes?

Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection How to learn languages for free? This collection features lessons in 48 languages, including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian, Russian and more. Download audio lessons to your computer or mp3 player and you’re good to go. Amharic Foreign Service Institute Basic Amharic – Audio – TextbookLessons with dialogues, drills, exercises, and narratives will teach you the basics of this language spoken in Ethiopia. Ancient Greek Ancient Greek Introduction – Web SiteThe UT-Austin Linguistics Research Center provides an overview of Ancient Greek and 10 lessons based on famous Greek texts. Arabic Bookmark our free Arabic lessons section. American Sign Language Introductory American Sign Language Course – YouTubeBy the end of this course you should have a basic bank of ASL words that you are able to use to form simple sentences. Bambara Bambara in Mali – Web SiteLessons from the Peace Corps. Bulgarian Foreign Service Institute Bulgarian – Web siteTwo textbooks (PDF) and 75 audio lessons (MP3).

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