Les. 12

http://www.grammar.net/
1. This site is quite comfortable. Here you can keep track of your mistakes in grammar. You just have to write the text and check it out. You'll see all your mistakes, if you have them. Also, there is a categories: various topics that have an explanation (very clear and interesting)

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http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

2. On this website you can find a lot of different and useful information that will help you in life situations. I think that this site is very useful for those who want to learn English, because here is all the information in English, and it helps to learn a lot of new words, check out how to use the rules of grammar, etc.

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3. This video will help you learn how to write an essay correctly . There are a lot of useful information that will help you when you study at university

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http://www.essaypunch.com/index.php
4. This site also helps write essays correctly. The only downside is that some of the functions it paid to students.

Les.7 - Presentations

The behavior of the speaker

You have to do:

• Dress formal and be professional.
• Know your audience.
• Speak comfortably and clearly.
• Check the spelling and grammar.
• Give a brief overview at the start. Then present the information. Finally review important points.

You mustn't do:

• Don't carry a lot of items when you want to present.
• Don't fold your arms. Be aware of body language.
• Do not turn your back on the audience. Try to position the monitor so you can speak from it.
• Do not read the presentation. Practice the presentation so you can speak from bullet points. The text should be a cue for the presenter rather than a message for the viewer.

Rules of correct presentation

You have to do:

• Use bold and different sizes of those fonts for captions and subheadings.
• Use different colors, sizes and styles (e.g., bold) for impact.
• Use dark text on light background or light text on dark background. However, dark backgrounds sometimes make it difficult for some people to read the text.
• Include only necessary information.
• Use one or two large images rather than several small images.
• Arrange images vertically or horizontally.

You mustn't do:

• Don’t use more than four fonts in any one publication.
• Avoid italicized fonts as these are difficult to read quickly.
• Avoid long sentences.
• Avoid abbreviations and acronyms.

Les.5 - Quizlet, Lingualeo

Part 1 Quizlet

Part 2 Lingualeo

http://lingualeo.com/ru/r/8fklhh

Today I'd like to tell you about the interesting way to learn English - LinguaLeo. Why is it so cool? Now you'll know.
Firstly, you can find something interesting while exploring the Jungle. There will always be something to everyone's taste. Secondly, each task on the site is made like a game. You can study language and take a rest. Also you can create your dictionary, add new words there and train it for effective remembering.
To sum up, LinguaLeo may be a great help for those who wants to improve their english skills. But you should study regularly. If you do it, you will be successful in English. 

THE FIGHTING (2014)

THE FIGHTING (2014)

Director: Gopi Krishnan 

Starring: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Joshey John

Country: India 

Today I have watched a funny short film, called "Fighting". This is a very interesting movie with an unexpected ending.

At first it seems as if the girl screaming at her boyfriend, but later it becomes clear that she is alone in the room. At that point I thought, maybe, she tried to give her emotions into the void in order to not to argue with her boyfriend. I was wrong. Later, the girl leaves home, goes to the guy and asks: "Will the neighbors complain about the noise?" . In general, it shows young couple, which just chooses a new home in some interesting way.

At first it seems that this film will be filled with a deep sense, because of the name and the beginning of the film. But in the end we can see that this film was made for fun.

Therefore, I would recommend to spend a moment to watch this movie and laugh.

TED (Les. Eleven)

I have always wanted to know more about the Universe. And thanks to Sara Seager, I could do it. It is an interesting video, which will tell us about our Universe and the possibility of finding life on other planets

My questions are:
1. About what exoplanets does Sara say?
2. What is the difference 1-2 exoplanet(s) from our Earth?
3. What technologies are used to learn more about the Universe?

BBC, VOA, Skillswise (Lesson Five)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/

1. You can find lots of training videos that can help u to understand english speech better.
2. It is comfortable to use.
3. In this site you can downloading audiofiles.
4. There are several tasks after video, therefore you can test you.
5. You can check your answers. There are keys for all the tasks in this site.
6. You can learn English, regardless of the level of language proficiency, because this site has a tasks for all levels.
7. The most interesting thing were programmes named The Sounds of English. Here you can learn how to pronounce english words correctly.

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/?refresh=1

1. On this site you can find videos, audio and articles on a variety of subjects.
2. It's comfortable enough because you can choose the topic of interest.
3. It's very easy to download audio here.
4. There are not any tasks, but video has subtitles.
5. There are no keys for tasks.
6. There are three groups, that have different level of difficulty
7. The most useful here, i think, that this site can give you real American English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english

1. There are readind, writing, word grammar, sentence grammar, speaking & listening.
2. The information distributed on groups, and it's halp you to use the sire easy. 
3. There is no audio on the site.
4. This site has tasks after videos and texts.
5. All the tasks has key.
6. You can choose ur levels.
7. On this site you can find a lot of useful information. And you can do it very comfortable.

My favorite channel (Lesson Fifteen)

I would like to tell you why I love this channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/PTXofficial


1. Pentatonix - fantastic band, that does "covers" of famous music.
2. They do not just do "cover" songs, they sing in several voices, which is why it seems that not 5 people sound, but chorus sings
3. They do not use musical instruments. This band has three main voices, man who sings by bass and man who sings as a drums
4. They can help in the learning of English because their music is excellent. You want to listen to it again and again. And the more we listen to a foreign language, the better we understand it.

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Make your own mind maps with Mindomo.

My story

I used the site http://lang-8.com// in order to people, who are registered there, checked my text. This is a very useful site for those who are unsure of their knowledge of a foreign language. 

(People like me ^-^)

This is my version: 

I recent years the behavior of fans at sporting events is becoming worse and worse. In Russia there is "The law of the fans", which prohibits to bring on competitions alcohol, drugs, weapons, fireworks and dyes, some audio devices. But what is the reason of bad behavior?

Firstly, today many people have become serious about their enthusiasm of sport idols, and it leads to aggression at sporting events. When fans of different teams cannot find a compromise, they start fights. If one team loses, the fans of another team make a debauch. And the same cases happen often enough. And that's too bad. 

Secondly, at the present days to get involved in sports is just fashionable. Many people go to sports events not because they want, but because now "so many people do it". On the Internet there are "selfy", made to prove someone something, "Look, I was at a football game, I'm cool". The society deteriorates and doesn't notice it. 

This is just some of the reasons why the behavior of fans gets worse. People should think about their priorities and remember, that sport is, first and foremost, strength, valor and diligence, but not fighting, screaming and "selfy". 

The correct version:

In recent years the behavior of fans at sporting events is becoming worse and worse.
In Russia there is "The law of the fans", which prohibits to bringing alcohol, drugs, weapons, fireworks and dyes, some audio devices to competitions. But what is the reason for bad behavior?
Firstly, today many people have become serious about their enthusiasm of sport idols, and it leads to aggression at sporting events.When fans of different teams cannot find a compromise, they start fights.If one team loses, the fans of another team make a debauch.And the same cases happen often enough.And that's too bad.
Secondly, nowadays to get involved in sports is just fashionable. Many people go to sports events not because they want, but because now "so many people do it". On the Internet there are "selfy", made to prove someone something, "Look, I was at a football game, I'm cool". The society deteriorates and doesn't notice it.
This is just some of the reasons why the behavior of fans gets worse. People should think about their priorities and remember, that sport is, first and foremost, strength, valor and diligence, but not fighting, screaming and "selfy".

SuJu

My favorite musical band on glogster.com

What Alice forgot

How to... what?

The usefulness :)

http://www.memrise.com/

Site is interesting, colorful. You would like to learn languages ​​thanks nice design of site. Information about language is  given gradually (starting with the alphabet). In general, the site is good, but boring because all training is the fact that you just push the answer.

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http://livemocha.com/

One minus (especially for me) - there is no Korean language. I would very much like to study it, but this site does not help me in this deal.

However, the process of learning of foreign language is more interesting than the previous site. There are video, cards with pictures, listening, speaking and more. In general, the site is very good for training.

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www.duolingo.com

Also there is one drawback - inconvenient switch between languages, because each language has a specific set of other languages ​​for study. Again, if I choose Russian, I can not learn Korean.

But in general, the study of languages ​​is very convenient. Words can be learned through the multiple repetition. Also the site gives you advices that explain the rules.

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In general, all sites are very useful. It has both pluses and minuses. But the most important thing - your desire. If you want to learn a foreign language, then all means are good for you :)

All right

What is the best?

Today we will talk about a few sites that have purpose - "translating".

Namely:
http://www.lingvo-online.ru/ru
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=1&SHL=2
https://translate.google.ru/

Google Translator has a very fast operation. It can be compared with simultaneous translation. All other sites are looking for every word separately.
But Google cannot translate abbreviations, as Abbyy Lingvo and Multitran can make it.
Also we can say that Multitran has a huge vocabulary. This reserve includes words from different spheres of life: economics, law, biology, etc.
However, Multitran doesn't has function of "pronunciation of the word", but other sites have it.
Abbyy Lingvo can give examples of using of certain words.
So Abbyy Lingvo and Google allow to add your translation if the person isn't satisfied with the proposed translation.
With regards to the design of these sites ... None of it I didn't like. It is standard and classic enough. That's what you need to learn.

In summary, we can say that each of the translators has distinctive features (positive and negative). I cannot say which one is better. I can advise: if you want to get a true and good translation, use these sites. Each of it can add useful information if others don't have it.

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

Nice to meet u

Hi, my name is Varvara.
I think that I should introduce myself.
And it's so boring. We always have to do it, because we need. People are waiting  something like that from us.
And, well ... Okay, I'll do it.

As I said before, my name is Varvara and I won't say my real surname, because ... I do not really know why, but I would like to use a fake surname. So you can call me Varvara Lee.

What about my hobbies. It's very standard.
First of all, I'm a musician. I love music. I can sing, can play the piano, and when I was a little girl, about 7-8, I could play the violin. My favorite band is Pentatonix, I think they're really great guys! Also, I like to do something by my hands. It's cool.

But the most important thing is stories. I write. I do it everyday. Some stories about my dreams, some stories about my life and lives of my friends. It is very important to me, so I hope for your support.
(For example, one of my blog - http://historyoml.blogspot.ru/ )

I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you for attention^-^
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