Friday, November 10, 2006

Learn English Pronunciation with El Príncipe Gitano!

WARNING: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH WEAK HEARTS OR WEAK SPHINCTERS

Learn English pronunciation with El Príncipe Gitano (at your own risk) with his karaoke version of Elvis Presley's In the Ghetto:

PS: He never came to our class...

8 comments:

Susana said...

It works in the same way as the phonetic symbols!
This is the gipsies' warm up and it's easier that ours.

Rafa C. said...

Susana, if we were playing the Scattergories, we will accept "El Principe Gitano"'s song as an example ('in the same way') of working phonetic symbols, but I actually think that they've written in this way because the song is indescribable, jeje, susana, it´s just a joke.

Rafa C. said...

Ferran, as we must pass an CAE exam, I suggest inserting some CAE links to practise similar exercises. I know it´s difficult but if everybody try it, we can get it. Therefore, I start showing a link where you can find a lot of information about the official CAE exam and an example of an exam.

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/cae.htm

Susana said...

Hi Rafa C., The info.about the CAE exam was a very good idea. THANKS. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the example of an exam and I need to do as many exercises as possible, in order to get the grammar inside my wooden head.
p.s. My comments about the phonetic symbols were also a joke!

Susana said...

Hi again Rafa C. I found the examples. 5 very interesing writing exams with comments from the examiner. Super, Thank you again!

Ferran said...

Hi Rafa and Susana! Rafa's proposal is really worth considering. I can try to set up a new Language Practice section in which you'll find such links. Susana, thank you again for your information and your initiative. And of course, jokes are to be taken as jokes! I bet El Principe's phonetic transcription is easier to follow than ours. We'll try in class ;)

Maria M. said...
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Maria M. said...

Rafa, thank you for the information about cae exams!!