English Stereotypes

Read this information to find out what people think about English people (not British!) around the world. Remember that they are all stereotypes and are only based on generalizations.Click here

Stereotypes

Watch this video that we analysed in class to check some of the most common stereotypes from Brazil.

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Practice online

1. These are interesting websites that you can use to improve your ability to understand talks and conversations in English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ --- British radio
http://www.voanews.com/ ---  American news (including videos)
http://www.esl-lab.com/ --- Audio and quizzes. Go to the "Difficult" section for advanced level.
http://www.elllo.org/ --- Tracks that include scripts and explanations of expressions.
http://www.audioenglish.net/ --- Dialogues, narrations, phrases, pronunciation and role plays.

2. To download podcasts:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts --- to download some radio programs and news, British English.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php --- to download some radio programs and news, American English.
http://voicesinthedark.com/content.php?iContent=50 --- to download stories.
https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?title=&author=&status=complete&action=Search --- to download audio books.

3. Pronunciation:

http://www.howjsay.com/
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

4. Dictionaries (which include pronunciation if you click on the icon):

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/

5. Our website:      

http://eoiraimundodetoledo.es

European Language Levels (CEFR)

This is a grid that may make you understand the requirements for each level according to our legal base, the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Click here to check it out.