tobytheteacher

A collection of news stories, videos, music and jokes to help, encourage and entertain learners of the English language.

Monday, 7 December 2009

Sigourney Weaver Interview

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Practice your English by reading an interview with the most excellent Sigourney Weaver . In the article , Sigourney talks about career in...
Saturday, 28 November 2009

Twilight: Promoting Abusive Relationships and Female Submission

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Practice your English by reading this interesting article - Twilight: Promoting abusive relationships and female submission . This though...

Interview with Snoop Dogg

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Practice your English by reading a Q&A Session with Snoop Dogg . Q&A stands for Q uestion & A nswer. It's a great idea...
Friday, 27 November 2009

The 99 Most Jaw-Dropping Movie Moments

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Practice your English with the 99 most jaw-dropping movie moments . You get a mixture of video and text from 99 different movies of dif...
Monday, 23 November 2009

30 Killer Movie Closing Lines

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Practice your English by watching this collection of 30 Killer Movie Closing Lines . I love the ending to Sunset Boulevard :  'All r...

Interview with the Director of Twilight Saga: Full Moon

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Practice your English by watching an interview with the director of Twilight Saga: Full Moon . In the video , you get a mixture of 'f...

James Cameron Interview: On his own Movies

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Practice your English by reading what James Cameron has to say about his movies ! If you'd like to see the trailer for James Cameron...
Friday, 20 November 2009

Top Gear Test a Toyota Pick-Up Truck

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Practice your English by watching the BBC's Top Gear program test how strong a Toyota Pick-Up Truck is . Top Gear is a great way to ...
Wednesday, 18 November 2009

NME's 'Top 50 Albums of the Noughties'

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Practice your English with 'NME's Top 50 Albums of the Noughties' . My favorite album of the noughties (2000 - 2009) is Will...
Sunday, 15 November 2009

New Avatar Trailer

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Practice your English by watching the new trailer for James Cameron 's latest ' Avatar '. There is also some written text ab...

Mariah Carey Quotes

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Practice your English with some Mariah Carey quotes . Not the biggest fan of Miss Carey , if I'm perfectly honest.  She is though, no...

I Hate You Day

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I think negative emotions are not recognized enough by modern society .  I think one of the reasons so many of us suffer from depression, is...
Friday, 13 November 2009

Practice your English & Kick Ass!

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Practice your English and kick ass : The Trailer for the movie 'Kick Ass' is here . Watching movies is a great way to practice yo...
Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Get Ski Fit!

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Practice your English and get fit with the Guardian's guide ' Get Ski Fit '. Reading instruction and explanation is a good wa...
Sunday, 8 November 2009

Gordon Ramsay's World Kitchen

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Practice your English with this video of Gordon Ramsay cooking a Greek White Bean & Vegetable Soup . The video is followed by a small...
Friday, 6 November 2009

40 Years of Sesame Street

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The excellent American TV show Sesame Street is 40 years old.  You can check out the BBC article and video here . For a different take on...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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As I have already posted on my facebook pages and explained on my blogs in the sidebar, I'll now be posting English culture links here ...
Thursday, 29 October 2009

An Egyptian Living in London

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Hello, As with the OndemandEnglishSupport.com Blog , I'm trying something new :  instead of linking sites on my 'TobytheTeacher Fa...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Business English Listening Comprehensions Are Boring

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Business English listening comprehensions are so boooring: Listen to the recording and choose the best response a), b) or c) for each phrase...
Friday, 16 October 2009

A Natural Death for Jan Moir?

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People of the World! Looking for an excuse to hate the English? Here's one: Jan Moir's hateful article about Stephan Gately's...
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Hollywood Vs The Bechdel Test: Public Enemies?

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Maybe I'm just getting old ; but as much as I enjoyed just watching Michael Mann's 'Public Enemies', do we really need anoth...
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

The Great Silvio Berlusconi?

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Forget Jesus , Capernicus was a nobody and Einstein did nothing special: Silvio Berlusconi, aka 'The Pimp of Sardinia', has declare...
Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Taking Chances

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Ciao English Learning Chaps & Chappettes, It has been a while , hasn't it? I hope all is well in your worlds. I must apologise for...
Thursday, 1 October 2009

On Demand English Support

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English Language Support that enhances and streamlines your English: available when you need it and accessible without you ever having to le...
Sunday, 9 August 2009

Compliments Women Don't Love

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Yahoo's back with 5 Compliments Every Woman Loves To Hear . But what about compliments women don't love to hear? TobytheTeacher...
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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Top Five Space Mission Odour No No's

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Do you want to be a Chinese Astronaut? Not if you have bad breath and / or bad body odour: China search for odour free astronauts . But ba...
Wednesday, 29 July 2009

God Returns to F1

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And lo on the twenty ninth day of the seventh month of the year two thousand and nine, did God announce his return to Formula One. The skie...
Sunday, 26 July 2009

Hollywood Blockbuster Stories?

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Does anyone remember a simpler time when Hollywood knew how to tell stories? Two of this summer's biggest blockbusters, Transformers 2...
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Friday, 24 July 2009

Berlusconi & The Ancient Zombie Prostitutes of Sardinia

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Beloved Silvio is in trouble again , but this time it's not per say with escorts. This time he's in trouble with archaeologists . Bu...
Thursday, 23 July 2009

Live Tour de France

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You can follow a live text description of the Tour de France here with the BBC. But, excuse me, how interesting is that going to be? 1614...
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I am an English Teacher & English Language Consultant (native speaker) living and working in Luxembourg. For the past five years, I have been teaching English in the banks and international companies based here in Luxembourg.
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