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About bparra

To anybody that may concern: Nine English teachers are working very hard at the English Department of our school this year. We're trying to get updated to new technologies and we know YOU LOVE them. That's why we've decided to create this blog. Keep learning English and DON'T FORGET this: the more you speak the more you learn.

How to write love songs

Watch and listen to this! Maybe you can get some idea of how to write a love song IN ENGLISH, for sure!

http://linguapod.com/eslpod_blog/2007/11/05/frank-sinatra-fly-me-to-the-moon/

Turkeys do not vote for Christmas

It is the middle of November. It is time to start thinking about Christmas. It is time to think about Christmas cards, and what present to buy for Uncle George.(A nice tie perhaps, except that we bought him a tie last year and the year before). And soon it will be time to think about Christmas dinner – who should we invite to have Christmas dinner with us, and what should we eat.

Check this site if you want to listen to it.http://www.listen-to-english.com/

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Islands

Boreray

Andy Strangeway is a painter and decorator. He lives in Yorkshire in the north of England. When I say that he is a painter, I do not mean that he paints pictures. No; he paints peoples houses, and puts up wallpaper in their sitting rooms. That is his job; it is what he does for a living. But when he isn’t painting doors and windows, Andy collects islands. Let me explain.

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