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one-minute questions: availability / email attachments vocabulary focus: money song: vocabulary and comprehension interview: a short chat with a student​ The post createnglish 06/06/2017 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

Program contents: The Past Tense in “Your Old Love Letters” by Ricky Skaggs, a song with past tense verb forms The Crow and the Fox, a story with past tense verb forms vocabulary The post createnglish 02/02/2016 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

Program contents: elementary and pre intermediate level exercises listening comprehension with a converastion between Laura and Daniel about travelling  story of “The Lion and the Mouse” (repeated), this time with sound effects and comments added answers for grammar questions given as homework in the November programme The post createnglish 01/12/2015 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

In this programe we – talked about three photograps briefly (see below) – checked the homework and did a new grammar point (nouns as adjectives) – listened to an interview with a student from Spain who went to a summer language camp in Ireland to study English. To see the photos described in the programme, […] The post createnglish 03/11/2015 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdi...

The October programme of createnglish on Ripollet Radio offers: comments on summer holiday pictures vocabulary grammar an interview about a language camp in Ireland a questions and answers with Laura and Daniel in our kid’s block To see the photos described in the programme, go here: http://anglescreatiu.weebly.com/radio-blog The post createnglish 06/10/201 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

In June we took a look at the following highlights of earlier programmes we had throughout the year: grammar (difference between «like» and «as») pronunciation (pronouncing the «h») an interview, including comments about vocabulary used by the interviewee a conversation between two learners of English about Christmas the «making of» A Box, a children’s song recorded with an elementary [&#823...

We started with pronunciation, including a vowel comparison and a word-stress exercise, plus tips on how to soften the rolling “rrrr” sound for a smoother English “r”. Then we did some grammar about the Second Conditional, and checked the quiz answers for questions from the previous programme. Next we listened to part of a folk […] The post createnglish 05/05/2015 first appeared on Ripollet...

In our Sant Jordi’s day special edition broadcast from the street we looked at some pronunciation, listened to a mini-chat with an Englishman, and read a story about the legend of St Jordi (St George). It was a Sunday with lots of people passing by and with stands in the street selling flowers, books and […] The post createnglish 19/04/2015 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

In April we did some pronunciation practice with sound difference recognition, followed by an interview with a tourist in Barcelona. Next we practised frequency adverbs and expressions, did some basic listening comprehension, and then I explained some grammar related to in case, in case of and just in case. After this I spoke about aspects […] The post createnglish 07/04/2015 first appeared...

Our March programme begins with pronunciation and grammar points that some Spanish learners of English tend to confuse. Also, we listen to an interview made with a Hungarian anthropologist and researcher living in our community, followed by clips selected from a past interview with a student in order to check some more vocabulary and grammar […] The post CreatEnglish 03/03/2015 first appeare...

We kicked off in the February programme pointing out the importance of short answers in English using auxiliary verbs. Next we listened to clips from an interview from the October programme in order to learn some useful expressions. Then, following a reading exercise and finding out the answers to the questions about the last part […] The post CreatEnglish 03/02/2015 first appeared on Ripoll...

Our December programme offers a variety exercises. There is pronunciation and grammar help, interviews with learners of English of different levels from elementary to high-intermediate. Two students talked about their Christmas holidays. In our Kids Block two schoolkids chat. You can learn new vocabulary and do some exercises as you listen to the interview. Then […] The post CreatEnglish 02/...

In our November programme you can find exercises for various levels, from elementary to high-intermediate. We started out with pronunciation, learning two ways of saying the letter “l” in English. Next, in our 1 minute question block, I explained the difference between the uses of “last” and “the last”. Then we listened to an interview […] The post CreatEnglish 04/11/2014 first appeared on R...

In this programme we did pronunciation with a student, working on the letter «h» in English. We continued with our 1 minute question block to answer a couple of concrete questions from language learners. Then we had an interview with a crupier who works on a cruise ship, talking about his experiences. Finally we listened […] The post CreatEnglish 07/10/2014 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .

In the first part of the programme, in our 1 minute question block, we spoke about the difference between “like” and “as”. Next we did some pronunciation practice with the help of a song, which pianist Jordi Romero and I had composed together. After announcing the main events for the week in Ripollet, I chatted […] The post CreatEnglish 03/06/2014 first appeared on Ripollet Ràdio .