Amalia GavinaAuthentic Communication: The Power of Listening You don’t have to be a genius to realize that most of our communication problems are, in their essence, caused by our difficulty to listen to each other authentically. Whether we like it or not, most of us just […]
Amalia GavinaListening: Home (A1 and A2) What does “home” mean to you? “Love”? “Peace”? Listen to these people and answer the following questions: Which one shares your same view of “home”? Do you like the house that appears in the photograph? Why? Do you prefer living […]
Amalia GavinaAt the restaurant Here are some exercises based on an episode from “I love Lucy”, a TV series from the USA, very well-known in the 50s. GENERAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Watch the first part (up to 1:55) and answer the following questions: a) What´s the problem? […]
What should I take into account when choosing a dictionary? Nobody can deny that dictionaries are fundamental tools in language learning. As the years go by, there are more and more of them in the market and of a wider variety too, and not just […]