Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth day everybody!

 At iSpeak we recycle, yes, the plastics on one side, the papers on another, ( and God knows we use lots of these! ) not much organic or glass  but what little we have, it does get recycled... but we try our best to do our share to help our beloved planet Earth. Do you?

Here is a link to 8 surprising facts and misconceptions about recycling:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/63240/8-surprising-facts-and-misconceptions-about-recycling

Our new door sign!!! or should we say "dog sign" !

                                                Aqui sí pueden pasar!

Here at iSpeak, we love dogs. This is why, the door to our academy now has a new sign letting people know that they are free to come in with their dogs. We don't like seeing them tied up outside longingly waiting for their owners to come out.

So if you are planning to visit us and have a dog, please, bring it in!

Our new page.

We have added a new page to our blog to help you increase your vocabulary.


http://ispeakenglishacademy.blogspot.com.es/p/vocabulary.html

Parts of the face.

Most basic English speakers know the basic parts of the face; eyes, nose, mouth... but here are a few that might not be that familiar to you.

Writing prompts

Here are some pictures that  we hope will inspire a few creative stories from you. You can try to use them individually or put two pictures together to create a story. We have done a few of these exercises in our classes and they have worked really well.

Now look at these four characters, can you imagine their individual stories? Now what if they all formed part of the same story, what would it be?

Also, check out our new page on Writing Prompts, we are sure you will find more than one source of inspiration here to get those creative juices flowing !

Writing Prompts :
 https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4679050568714929909#editor/target=page;pageID=442841054379857798;onPublishedMenu=pages;onClosedMenu=pages;postNum=0;src=pagename

Irregular verbs fun???

We all know that one of the most difficult things about learning a language is memorizing all those irregular verbs, but how about learning them with a bit of rhythm attached to it ... Hope you enjoy this next video! Btw, there are about 370 official irregular verbs!!! the good news is that ONLY about 200 are commonly used =)

Before and Now...

No this post isn't going to be a post about verbs and their tenses, we just wanted to share with you this article about life some years ago as compared to now and how it has changed.

Do you think it has changed for the better or for the worse? Have our lives improved? How about the quality of life ?

Here is the  link:

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/02/19/11-pictures-that-compare-life-today-with-how-it-used-to-be/