Meeting next Sunday (and some links!)

Welcome back to the English in Alpens blog! (català a sota)

I have spoken to various people who are interested in learning English and we agreed that it would be a good idea to all meet and talk about different options for learning English. We decided that it would be best to wait until after the Festa Major. Sunday the 4th of October has been suggested as a possible day. Please send a Whatsapp message to the group to say if you can meet on Sunday and what time would be best (morning, early afternoon, late afternoon or evening).

If anyone would like to meet or talk before then about classes- don't hesitate to get in touch. 

From the conversations I have had with people I have the impression that we could perhaps form two groups- one group for people with a lower level who what to practice speaking and another for people with a higher level who want to do a more general class that helps with grammar as well. If you are interested in something different than these two options, or if you are interested in one-to-one classes, then get in touch and we can talk about it. 

Finally, I would like to post links to two very good websites for learning English, or for simply increasing your exposure to English:

  • The first is the BBC's Learning English website. It has a lot of good videos and lessons. I recommend the short news related radio programmes, 6 Minute English. As well as listening to the programmes, you can also read the transcripts.

I hope you find these links useful and I look forward to meeting and talking to people over the next two weeks!

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Benvingut de nou al blog English in Alpens!

 

He parlat amb diverses persones interessades en aprendre anglès i vam acordar que sería una bona idea reunir-nos i parlar de diferents opcions per aprendre anglès. Vam decidir que el millor seria esperar fins després de la Festa Major. S'ha suggerit el diumenge 4 d'octubre com a dia possible. Envieu un missatge de Whatsapp al grup per dir-vos si us podeu reunir el diumenge i quina hora sería millor (matí, primera hora de la tarda, tarda o vespre).

 

Si algú vol quedar o parlar abans, no dubti en posar-se en contacte.

 

A partir de les converses que he mantingut amb la gent, tinc la impressió que potser podríem formar dos grups: un grup per a persones amb un nivell mes bàsic que practica l'expressió oral i un altre per a persones amb un nivell més avançat que volen fer una classe més general que enfoca mes el la gramàtica. Si us interessa alguna cosa diferent d’aquestes dues opcions o si esteu interessats en classes individuals, poseu-vos en contacte i en podem parlar.

 

Finalment, voldria publicar enllaços a dos llocs web molt bons per aprendre anglès o simplement per augmentar la vostra exposició a l’anglès:

 

    El primer és el lloc web Learning English de la BBC. Té molts bons vídeos i enllaços. Recomano els breus podcasts relacionats amb les notícies, 6 MinuteEnglish. A més d’escoltar el podcast, també podeu llegir les transcripcions.

 

    El segon és un canal de Youtube anomenat Learning English Through Story. Té molts vídeos a l’estil d’una sèrie o d’una telenovel·la. Aquí teniu un bon vídeo per a estudiants de baixnivell.

 

Espero que us resultin útils aquests enllaços i espero conèixer i parlar amb tots vosaltres durant les properes dues setmanes.

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