Hello, you might already know about this. I am helping someone with their English and came across the Oxford Learners Dictionary online. It seems to be a brilliant resource as you can hear the word in British or American English. It is at
oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
I tried a few examples and it was very good. I use a similar resource for Spanish. Has anyone used it? What was your experience?
It´s interesting, I was talking to a Spanish language partner and he was asking me how people in the UK respond to ´how are you?'. I was looking for a few short videos on Youtube to help and was surprised to see some teaching responses such as 'I'm great, thanks'. We're never that enthusiastic in the UK and let's face it, the majority of the time we're not really interested in the reply, which is generally, 'fine' or 'ok' maybe with a 'thanks' added. Even if you phone someone at work and want to ask a burning question you have to ask them how they are and pretend to be interested in the response before going any further. I'm not sure whether this fake politeness is a good or bad thing :)
What is it like in other countries/cultures?
