Still 10 minutes to go... and it will be "Blog Day" !

Tomorrow (at midnight ;-) will be the 5th Blog Day
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BlogDay was created as a day when bloggers should be getting to know other bloggers,
from other countries and areas of interest.
Thus, on that day, bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.

     

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On this site :  newspapers.com  < < <
you can find most of the US press.

Reading press articles is also a smart way of practising, learning & improving  :o)
You needn't read long articles... and of course, you can choose topics you like :
even the weather forecasts or the comic strips will help you improve your English !

You can find a newspaper by state, or by city : have a look at :
 > > >    newspapers.com : USA map search

On the site, you will also find the 100 top newspapers by circulation  :
"U.S.A. TODAY" is rated first.

Among the best-selling papers, you will also find :                                                                              




... and so many other newspaperss !

The 100 top newspapers in the U.S.A. are on :
100 top US NEWSPAPERS by circulation  < < <
  
When you read an article, try to catch its global meaning without stopping at the words that you don't understand. Then, try to guess their meaning : find their grammar category, consider the context... Prefixes, suffixes, 'root parts' also help to catch the meaning of unknown words.
Next, use a dictionary and write the new words you learn in your notebook, to brush up this new vocabulary regularly and thus... improve your English :o)

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                                                           circulation = [here] the number of newspaper or magazines regularly bought
                                                                                best-selling papers are the most popular ones (the papers people buy most)


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Four days ago,   a "thinking ship" launching an S.O.S. 
showed you pronunciation is really essential to understand each another :o)


Now... a little training : the BBC learningenglish site proposes many exercises & quizzes
to help you learn & practise pronunciation.

 First, download  this   worksheet ,  < < < click !
      and print it. 
    

 Secondly, listen to this  mp3   audio file    < < < click !
      It will help you to complete questions 3 - 4 - 8 and 9
                                                                                                          You will find the answers in the end of the  document.
                                                                                                        Use them just to check your answer, because remember...
                                          cheating is no fun :-(
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Last, but not least.... I'd really like to thank my colleague, Mr RAYNAL, for reminding me of the wonderful
BBC pronunciation practising and learning links :o)


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You can't imagine how important pronunciation may be... !

Some French may find the English 'th' sound difficult to pronounce, for instance.
Well... the video advert below shows that some Germans find it difficult too.

"We are THinking"  is a far cry from  "We are Sinking" :
one single sound misunderstood may lead to disastrous mistakes !
I THink this advert does show you how important a good pronunciation is,

and phonetics help  ;o)
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                                                                   sink (V) = er... honestly, you should know what it means  -it's an irregular verb !!
                                                                       All right : to those who don't remember : (to)  'sink' means... click here !    < < <  
                                                                  be a far cry from (sthing / sbdy) = be completely different from (sthing / sbdy)

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... A  FOREIGN  LANGUAGE TOO  !

[which is sometimes most  useful ;o)  ]

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