The idea comes after my retiring from work a few month ago, after nearly forty years teaching English to others and as a tool to keep mysef going in my touch with the English language. The are the main points I intend to follow in my practice with the language to which I have no doubt some others are bound to incorporate in the course of the time.
GRAMMAR
ARTICLES
NOUNS
ADJECTIVES
VERBS
ADVERBS
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
EXCLAMATIONS
VOCABULARY
PHRASAL VERBS
EXPRESSIONS
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
NATURAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGY
BOTANICS
MEDICINE
ZOOLOGY
GEOLOGY
ASTRONOMY
AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE RAISING
GEOGRAPHY
WORLD OF COMMUNICATION JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET
COUNTRIES, LANGUAGES AND ADJECTIVES OF NATIONALITY
THE FINE ARTS
FILMS AND FILM-MAKING
SPORTS
POLITICS
LAW AND JUSTICE
PUBLIC ORDER
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
BANKING, COMMERCE AND FINANCE
SHOPPING
CLOTHES
AT THE HAIRDRESSER
COOKING
TRAVELLING
EDUCATION
RELIGION
INSTITUTIONS
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
PLACES
THINGS
SITUATIONS
CELEBRTIES AND SOCIETY
ENGLISH VARIATIONS AND DIALECTOLOGY
BRITISH ENGLISH
COCKNEY
SCOTLAND
WALES
IRELAND
AMERICAN ENGLISH
CANADA
AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
NEW ZEALAND
INDIA
SINGAPORE
SAUTH AFRICA
SPELLING
PRONUNCIATION
ACTIVITIES DEALING WITH LISTENING AND SPEAKING
SOUND ARCHIVES OR LIBRARY
A good thing with regards to keep my ears in touch with the English sounds is bringing voices of English-speaking people coming from as many English-speaking countries as possible and belonging to as many social and professional backgrounds. The list can be more or less as follows:
GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO APPLICATE IN ALL COUNTRIES
ROYAL FAMILY
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM THE MEDIA
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
ROYAL FAMILY
THE QUEEN
THE DUKE OF EDIMBURGH
PRINCE CHARLES
THE DUKE OF KENT
POLITICIANS
CHURCHILL
EDWARD HEATH
DAVID CAMERON
THERESA MAY
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
REX HARRISON
AUDREY HEPBURN
ALEC GUINNESS
MICHAEL CAINE
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
SCOTLAND
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
WALES
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
NORTHERN IRELAND
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
IRELAND
POLITICIANS
ENDA KENNY
CHARLES HAUGHEY
JOHN LINCH
EAMONN DE VALERA
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
UNITED STATES
POLITICIANS
DONALD TRUMP
HILLARY CLINTON
BARAK OBAMA
CLINTON
LINDON B. JOHNSON
ROBERT KENNEDY
JF KENNEDY
RICHARD NIXON
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
KATHERINE HEPBURN
JOHN WAYNE
KIRK DOUGLASS
ANNE MARGRET
FRANK SINATRA
MARLON BRANDO
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
CANADA
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
CELINE DIONNE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
NEW ZEALAND
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
INDIA
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
SINGAPORE
POLITICIANS
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
SOUTH AFRICA
POLITICIANS
NELSON MANDELA
ACTORS/ACTRESSES
CHARLIZE ZERON
ARTISTS AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
MASS MEDIA PEOPLE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS
CHRISTIAN BARNARD
PEOPLE IN GENERAL
SITUATIONS
WRITING LETTERS
MAKING/ ANSWERING PHONE CALLS
ASKING FOR/GIVING DIRECTIONS
GIVING OPINIONS
ALL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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