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La profesora Aurelia comparte vocabulario util, para usar palabras mĂĄs enriquecidas y sustituirlas por âyo piensoâ y âen mi opiniĂłnâ. Esta es una oportunidad perfecta para que demuestres tu nivel de conversaciĂłn sin ningĂșn esfuerzo. Enriquecer tu vocabulario consiste en construir una base de lenguaje que te permita mantener conversaciones con confianza, ya sea para impresionar al examinador o a tus compañeros.
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Going to the doctor can be scary. Talking to a doctor in a different language is even more scary!
Today, Aurelia goes through the basic vocabulary that you need to know when going to the doctor and what the doctor might say to you.
This isnât âemergency situation/hospitalâ vocab.This is the type of vocabulary when you have the flu, etc.
Ir al mĂ©dico da miedo. ÂĄHablar con un mĂ©dico en otro idioma da aĂșn mĂĄs miedo!
Hoy, Aurelia repasa el vocabulario bĂĄsico que necesitas saber cuando vas al mĂ©dico y lo que el mĂ©dico podrĂa decirte.
Este no es un vocabulario de âsituaciĂłn de emergencia/hospitalâ. Este es el tipo de vocabulario cuando tienes gripe, etc.
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Join Teacher Aurelia as she unravels the nuances of affection, romance, and connection in the English language. Whether you're a language learner or a language lover, this episode is designed to enrich your vocabulary, enhance your expressions, and infuse your conversations with the magic of love. Get ready to explore the words and phrases that capture the essence of romance in English, making your language journey not just educational, but heartwarmingly enjoyable!
Here are about 50 phrases and expressions connected to love!
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In this episode of the Pronunciation Clinic, teacher Aurelia looks at a very important sound in English, the lazy sound schwa.
We use this a lot in English with words like: banana, president, apple, comfortable
By improving our pronunciation we also improve our listening skills because if we know how to pronounce it we know how it sounds.
En este episodio de la ClĂnica de PronunciaciĂłn, la profesora Aurelia analiza un sonido muy importante en inglĂ©s, el sonido perezoso âschwaâ.
Usamos esto mucho en inglés con palabras como: banana, president, apple, comfortable
Al mejorar nuestra pronunciación también mejoramos nuestra capacidad de escucha porque si sabemos pronunciarla sabemos cómo suena.
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Teacher Aurelia revises the use of State Verbs in todayâs episode. Itâs important to have a good foundation of grammar so that we can build on it when we start learning more complicated grammar in the future.
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Teacher Aurelia goes through some typical errors that students make when speaking in English, from using the wrong preposition to directly translating from Spanish to English.
By correcting these small mistakes, you will quickly improve your control of your speaking and appear more fluent!
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Teacher Aurelia looks at the two basic types of the âUâ sound. Even though a word may be spelled with âooâ, it may be pronounced in different ways. For example, short - book and long - food.
Pronunciation is an important aspect in gaining fluency in English so it is worth taking a look at these sounds, understanding the differences and mastering them.
You can download the transcript and a worksheet of this episode from our blog. http://blog.daway.es
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Aurelia gets into teacher mode and shares over 20 different body idioms and expressions to use in speaking for the advanced levels. Even if you donât personally use them whilst talking, most probably you will come across these with other English speakers as well as when watching films or series.
The Spanish translation as well as an exercise can be found on our blog.
http://blog.daway.es
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Today teacher Anthony teaches you some handy BLACK FRIDAY vocabulary which you can use to talk about the amazing offers available during this period.
1. A steal: 2. For a song: 3. Penny-wise and pound-foolish: 4. Dirt cheap: 5. Bang for your buck: 6. Half-price: 7. On sale like hotcakes 8. Cheap as chips 9. A bargain 10. Good deal There is a full Black Friday Blog post on our blog -
Teacher Aurelia revises the basics of Present Simple and Present Continuous, focusing on the Why, When and How of each grammar point. She focuses on the clues of each tense and some questions for you to answer.
There is a connecting blog for you to look at with some exercises for you to practise as well as the answers to the final grammar activity that she gives you.
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La profesora Aurelia comparte tres trabalenguas, de fĂĄcil a difĂcil, centrĂĄndose en muchos de los sonidos vocĂĄlicos difĂciles con los que luchan las personas no nativas.
Puedes descargar el guión para ver los trabalenguas escritos y traducidos al español en nuestro blog blog.daway.es.
Al mejorar nuestra pronunciación también mejoramos nuestra capacidad de escucha porque si sabemos pronunciarla sabemos cómo suena.
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Teacher Aurelia shares three tongue twisters, from easy to difficult, focusing on many of the difficult vowel sounds that non-native speakers struggle with.
You can download the script to see the written and Spanish-translated tongue twisters.
By improving our pronunciation we also improve our listening skills because if we know how to pronounce it we know how it sounds.
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La profesora Aurelia os muestra dos sonidos muy difĂciles de diferenciar para la mayorĂa de hispanohablantes; el sonido "ee" largo y corto.
El sonido corto no existe en español y muchas palabras suenan igual, pero en realidad son diferentes; por ejemplo âsitâ y âseatâ ÂĄEsto puede llevar a una situaciĂłn incĂłmoda, ya que muchas personas podrĂan decir âbitchâ y âbeachâ de la misma manera!
Pequeñas mejoras en nuestra pronunciación es lo que marca la diferencia entre sonar como un hablante nativo de inglés y alguien que tiene dificultades para comunicarse bien.
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Teacher Aurelia goes through two sounds that are very difficult to differentiate between for the majority of Spanish speakers; the long and short ee sound.
The short sound doesnât exist in Spanish and many words sound the same but are actually different; for example âsitâand âseatâ. This can lead to social faux pas because many people say âbitchâ and âbeachâ in the same way!
Small improvements in our pronunciation is what makes the difference between sounding like a native English speaker and someone who struggles to communicate well.
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La profesora Aurelia nos traslada a los interesantes orĂgenes de Halloween con muchas palabras nuevas para enriquecer tu vocabulario.
La celebración de Halloween se ha convertido en un festival internacional, por lo que comprender cómo comenzó esta espeluznante festividad puede considerarse una parte crucial del aprendizaje del idioma inglés.
Como beneficio adicional, puedes encontrar la transcripciĂłn con todo el vocabulario marcado en negrita en nuestro blog: blog.daway.es
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Teacher Aurelia takes us through the interesting origins of Halloween with lots of new words to enrich your vocabulary.
The celebration of Halloween has become an international festival so understanding how this spooky festivity began can be considered a crucial part of learning the English language.
As an added bonus, you can find the transcript with all the new vocabulary marked in bold on our blog at blog.daway.es
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La profesora Aurelia nos explica cĂłmo pronunciar algunos sonidos difĂciles en inglĂ©s. Hoy nos centramos en el sonido TH.
Usamos esto mucho en inglés con palabras como: There, birth, three, thunder and thanks
Al mejorar nuestra pronunciación también mejoramos nuestra capacidad de escucha porque si sabemos pronunciarla sabemos cómo suena.
Teacher Aurelia talks us through how to pronounce some difficult sounds in English. Today we focus on the TH sound.
We use this a lot in English with words like: There, birth, three, thunder and thanks
By improving our pronunciation we also improve our listening skills because if we know how to pronounce it we know how it sounds.
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Aprobar el examen de Cambridge B1 PET es posible. SĂ sĂ, y ademĂĄs sonreĂr un poco mĂĄs que la pobre niña inglesa de la foto. Studying is so boring!
«Oh my God, this is it!»
Thatâs what this little girl might be thinking, probably. O, en versiĂłn española del sur, como dirĂa mi abuela Antonia, «Madre mĂa del consueloâŠÂ».
An Irish grandmother would say «oh Lord..!».
Pero vamos, que se entiende, Âżno? Ponerse a estudiar para aprobar el examen de Cambridge B1 PET puede desmotivar a cualquiera, sobre todo si no es la primera vez que te presentas y hay alguna parte que se te resiste.
Eso es lo que le pasa a José, que mandó la consulta de hoy. En este episodio voy a intentar ayudarte a saber cómo aprobar de una vez este examen y estar 100% preparado para cualquier parte.
Letâs do this! đ
CĂłmo aprobar el examen de Cambridge B1 PET â Ideas mentioned in this podcastQuestion of the day: How to take the B1 exam? How to nail the four skills of the language and not only the speaking and the writing? From Jose who lives in Ceuta.
You need to be proud of being good at writing and speaking. It is a bit strange. Congratulations!
A potential problem that could be happening is that you donât have really good or advanced grammar and vocabulary and that is causing you problems with the Listening.
There are many people that speak a lot but donât use the appropriate structures for the level and so when theyâre listening or reading, it is difficult for them to recognize the B1 grammar and vocabulary.
There are people who are complete chatterboxes and they donât speak well. Quality over Quantity.
Listening has always been the hardest part for David too when he was learning English too because he lacked real world situations.
You need to have real world time with native speakers.
And also you need to concentrate!
Keep in mind the Daway Philosophy: give your brain a really strong reason, a survival reason!
Put yourself into real situations where you have no choice but to speak. This will be a strong motivation for you brain.
As for the reading, David reminds Daway Nation to go to episode 81 where he talks about reading resources and how to nail the reading.
The same principle applies to reading. You need to master B1 grammar and vocabulary, to recognize them. You need to study, to actively be aware of your weaknesses.
The problem might be that you are not consolidating those structures.
You also need to be familiar with the strategies and the type of exercises in the exam.
Finally, you need a system. For example, read one book a week, learn a new word and use that word in a real conversation. There are useful online applications that can help you with your listening.
DesbloquĂ©ate al hablar inglĂ©s, entiende a los nativos y comienza tu transformaciĂłn bilingĂŒe con mi training gratuito:
ÂĄLo quiero!Este artĂculo Aprobar el examen de Cambridge B1 PET, consejos fue escrito por primera vez en Daway InglĂ©s.
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Libros en inglés. Cómo aprender vocabulario leyendo. Voy a hacerte una confesión importante: hay mucha vida después del C2
Pues sĂ, esto es algo muy personal y sincero, y que pocos profesores te van a contar.
Incluso teniendo un nivel C2 certificado, habiendo vivido en el extranjero durante varios años, trabajado con ingleses, tener amigos nativos, etcâŠÂĄmi inglĂ©s escrito y hablado aĂșn necesita mejorar!
Y es que jamĂĄs vas a dejar de aprender vocabulario en un segundo idioma.
Siempre podrĂĄs expresarte con mĂĄs eficiencia, con las palabras exactas, con la misma riqueza que usarĂas en tu idioma materno, etc. Esto es algo que va para toda la vida.
De ahĂ que yo siempre te recomiende hacer el inglĂ©s parte de tu vida (por amigos, trabajo, viajes, pareja, lo que sea). Si no forma parte de tu dĂa a dĂa, no llegarĂĄs a ese nivel de excelencia que necesitas para dar una charla o ponencia en inglĂ©s sobre tu mĂĄster, trabajar de cara al pĂșblico con proveedores americanos, ser abogada en Londres y demĂĄs.
Hace falta aprender mucho vocabulario, pero no todo estĂĄ perdido. Donât worry, this is not the end of the world!
Aunque mi inglĂ©s escrito aĂșn debe mejorar, reconozco que ha mejorado una bestialidad y en parte ha sido gracias a los libros en inglĂ©s o artĂculos, blogs y demĂĄs que siempre me ha encantado leer. Leer va a hacer crecer tu repertorio de forma increĂble, pero no vale con solo leer.
Te lo cuento todo en este podcast. Enjoy đ
Ideas mentioned in this podcastâ Question of the day: Can you recommend me books to learn English? Not just the ones that are read in a traditional English course? From Sergio who lives in Victoria.
â To begin with, take into account this concept: The sweet spot.
â The sweet spot is something that is not too easy nor too difficult. Just the right difficulty level, challenging enough to feel motivated.
â David shares his own experience and how he is not learning English thanks to reading. Donât make the same mistake!
â If you are just passively reading you are not going to learn any vocabulary. You wonât remember new words.
â Some recommendations:
If you want to remember the new words just: Give it wellie! (= Dale caña!). Try to use them in real conversations, try to type them in a social network, write them in a website, write a review of the book etc. Try to use new words in a real context. You need a method to collect those words: a journey, apps, flashcards, and notebooks. Keep track of the words you learn. Useful resources: Graded Readers (Cambridge): they come with a CD. You can read and listen at the same time. Penguin Readers (Oxford University Press): similar to the above Simple English Wikipedia: a simple version of Wikipedia adapted for English learners. Itâs written in simpler language. Audible: a bank of audiobooks Youtube: you can find audiobooks here as well. VOA, Voice of America learning English: you can find hear lots of new articles which are read by a reporter.â My personal recommendations is to choose a story. It helps you get engaged. Juts be careful with the levelâŠremember to find the sweet spot!
DesbloquĂ©ate al hablar inglĂ©s, entiende a los nativos y comienza tu transformaciĂłn bilingĂŒe con mi training gratuito:
ÂĄLo quiero!Este artĂculo Libros en inglĂ©s, aprender vocabulario fue escrito por primera vez en Daway InglĂ©s.
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CĂłmo hablar inglĂ©s de cero. ÂżAlguna vez te has sentido asĂ, perdido/a ante todo lo que tienes que hacer, sin saber quĂ© rumbo tomar?
JamĂĄs me olvidarĂ© de cĂłmo mi padre nos la jugĂł a mi hermano y a mĂ.
Do you know what he did?
Mira. Nos apuntĂł al patronato musical, a los dos hijos, sin avisarnos, obligados. Nos gustase O NO la mĂșsica. No tuvimos opciĂłn. Mi hermano empezĂł con la baterĂa y yo con la trompeta.
Pues sĂ, un poco impulsivo y forzado, pero a dĂa de hoy le doy las gracias a mi padre por haberlo hecho. Sin esos años, no habrĂamos desarrollado la pasiĂłn que tenemos por la mĂșsica.
Donât worry, Iâm not going to tell you the story of my life. Itâs boring!
Simplemente resulta que esto estå directamente relacionado con la duda que me mandó Elena, una oyente y suscriptora de la lista de correo, sobre aprender inglés. Ella necesita hablar inglés y no tiene ni idea de cómo empezar. Tal vez se sienta un poco como el barco de la foto, a la deriva y sin saber por dónde tirar.
Si tambiĂ©n es tu caso, este podcast te va a ayudar a aclararte. Como siempre, te doy mi respuesta 200% sincera đ
CĂłmo hablar inglĂ©s desde cero â Ideas mentioned in this podcastâ Question of the day (from Elena): «necesito hablar inglĂ©s y no sĂ© cĂłmo»
â A lot of people ask us about how to start learning English.
â There are so many dreams that we have and speaking English can help us.
â David tells us a story about one of his passions.
â Davidâs dad signed him and his brother in music school without even asking them when they were younger. It was an obligation.
â He now loves music and he is currently taking singing lessons. He has an amazing coach and she tells him what he has to do to improve.
â You can save a lot of time if you pay for professional help. You get the right person to help you. It is an investment.
â When you have free resources and you are a beginner you feel lost. You donât know where to start. You need a system and a course.
â When you pay you take it more seriously. Your teacher will be asking you to do your homework and you will feel really bad when you donât do it. You are accountable.
â When youâve got a higher level, it is different. In this case, you are independent, autonomous. You can find information, resources etc. You can create sentences, express yourself, and write sentences.
â Donât lose your motivation. Once you overcome this critical stage, your level will be so much better.
DesbloquĂ©ate al hablar inglĂ©s, entiende a los nativos y comienza tu transformaciĂłn bilingĂŒe con mi training gratuito:
ÂĄLo quiero!Este artĂculo CĂłmo hablar inglĂ©s desde cero fue escrito por primera vez en Daway InglĂ©s.
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