Learn English Using Pictures
On my website I suggested to students that they learn vocabulary by reading the captions under newspaper photos. (Click here to read the original article.) That is one way I used when I was a student to learn many French words. The pictures help you to understand the meaning of the captions (the words under or next to a newspaper photo) and they can be very interesting too.
Just now I saw some interesting photos from my “second hometown”, Beijing. Things have changed a lot since I came here almost six years ago. You can see lots of interesting photos on Yahoo right now (Click here to view.) and learn English by reading the captions. Also, you can see where I live and some of the interesting things that are going on here.
I’m going to try to find some tickets to Olympic events in the next few weeks and I’ll let you know if I am able to see anything interesting. Probably, though, I’ll just be watching most of the Olympics on TV, just like you! (^_^) Until then, I hope you go to Yahoo and learn some new words by reading!
hanane Said,
July 23, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Hello Teacher,
Sure you are a lucky man to be living in such a wonderful city, garmented in so many fine and high architectural designs, the stadium=the nest and the theatre=the egg; the coulors the lights, people working night and day… Really, it’s amazing to witness the city getting ready to welcome the Olympic event.
Mesmerizing
By the way, how it is prononced ” Beijing”? the same as “being”
teacherjoe Said,
July 24, 2008 @ 2:10 am
Hi Hanane,
I thought Beijing is pronounced the same in most languages. Bei is pronounced like the English word “bay” and jing rhymes with “ring”. I think the Olympics will be quite an impressive event, but I wonder if there will be a bit of a letdown after the games. We will see, of course, but for now, I’m looking forward to the games. I’m not sure if I will be able to find tickets for any events, but will watch a lot on TV and discuss events with my friends and students.