Master the American /r/ sound! Learn the difference between retroflex and bunched /r/, common challenges, and tips to improve your pronunciation for clearer, more natural speech.

 Pronunciation and Accent Reduction with a Focus on North American English

Key Consonants:  The American R

This playlist presents slow talking in Brazilian Portuguese - the accent is from Rio de Janeiro ! Let's talk about Felicidade and my experience living abroad. 

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Slow Brazilian Portuguese

Let's talk about Felicidade

Practica tu listening con este bonito cuento... ¡Prepárate para expandir tu mente y descubrir un nuevo mundo a través de tus auriculares!

Practice your listening with this beautiful story... Get ready to expand your mind and discover a new world through your headphones!

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

Martín y Sofia: un cuento para practicar tu listening 

Aunque la mayoría de las veces los adjetivos van detrás del nombre en español, hay ciertos adjetivos que podemos usar delante sin que esto cambie su significado. Pero algunas veces este cambio si cambia lo que queremos decir. 

En el episodio de hoy te hablo de los adjetivos en español, su colocación, cuales podemos poner delante y detrás, y cuáles de ellos cambian su significado cuando los ponemos delante del nombre.

Espero que este episodio te resulte útil. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de dejarle una valoración ni de visitarme en mi Instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido. 

Lee toda la información del calendario de adviento: https://blancadelatorre.kartra.com/page/1r3267  


Blanca to go 

116 – La colocación de los adjetivos en español.

La Casa de los Azulejos es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos del centro de la Ciudad de México.
La Casa de los Azulejos o la Casa del Conde del Valle de Orizaba, es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos del centro de la Ciudad de México. En tiempos pre pandemia recibía a cientos de visitantes cada día, quienes no perdían oportunidad de tomarse una fotografía o de comer en su famoso restaurante.





Spanish México

La Casa de Los Azulejos.

Реальная история, которая случилась в поезде на прошлой неделе. Это новость шокировала общественность и разделила людей на 2 лагеря - тех кот поддерживает проводницу и тех кто считают, что она поступила неправильно. А как бы вы поступили на месте проводницы?
Real story that happened last week in Russia, in train. Devided people in 2 camps. Those who support own of the cat and those who support train worker. And whome do you support? And what will you do?

А поговорить?!

Реальная история, которая произошла на прошлой неделе.  Real News that shocked russian society last week

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Leisure Activities Q4-Q6.

4. Do you think that parents should choose leisure activities for their children? Why/Why not?
5. Has free time activities among people in your country changed much than that of 2 decades ago?
6. What changes do you think technologies has brought in the way people enjoy their leisure activities?

Listen to it few times and see what ideas you'll have on your own as this is the key - not listening to me or other people - your ideas are the key as you'll use them in the test.

Let me know how I can assist your spoken English development.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Leisure Activities Q4-Q6.

An urban design firm is hoping to create the "world's greenest highway" by covering a major road in Dubai with gardens, trees, walkways and solar panels.

The proposed 64-kilometer-long road, called the "Dubai Green Spine," would see the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, one of Dubai's main highways, enhanced with over 1 million trees and enough solar panels to power 130,000 homes.

Dubai-based design firm URB says its road concept would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 1 million metric tons per year, and help the city manage the needs of a population that's expected to grow from over 3 million today to nearly 8 million by 2040.

URB's design aims to reduce city heat and improve air quality while offering a safe, attractive and accessible route for commuting and leisure. Green spaces would be combined with walking and cycling paths, and electric tram lines would have solar panels built directly into the tracks.

Bus shelters and elevators would have rooftop solar panels, while garden-covered paths over the highway would make a walk from one side to the other easy and enjoyable.

URB CEO Baharash Bagherian says the concept is about "proving that our streets can do more than facilitate car traffic; they can significantly enhance quality of life."

He says the design takes a "human-centric approach" that prioritizes people and green spaces over cars.

However, it takes a lot of water to grow plants in Dubai. CNN notes that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already consumes around 550 liters of water per person every day, compared to an average of 310 liters in the US and 144 liters in the European Union.

And most of the UAE's water isn't used for drinking — it's just needed to keep parts of the desert country green.

With this in mind, URB's design includes drought-resistant plants and special soil that helps retain water.

URB has also proposed designs for a 93-kilometer indoor cycling and walking "highway" called 

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Dubai Firm Hopes to Make 'World's Greenest Highway'

Transcript  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGZNZ4rbkrb3vK6p-E7g0fwjQPtbu097/view?usp=drivesdk