Newspapers
Last updated: 07.10.2003
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Newspapers |
Last updated: 07.10.2003 |
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Developing your vocabulary and small talk |
DICTIONARIES |
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| Lost for words?
Read newspapers and stories and this will help develop your vocabulary and
give you content which you can use to have a more fluent discussion. Every month I will put some story links for you to read. Get into the habit of reading them. Below the story links are some news links you can use to find your own stories. |
Do
you want to use an English Dictionary online? By using your mouse and
cursor you can get the meaning of words very quickly.
First go to Gurunet.com to download the free program here |
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Recommended Stories |
You can download a dictionary from http://www.wordweb.co.uk/ which links with Word and works offline. I use this one a lot. |
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| Go for the perfect Finnish | "Lovers of lakes will adore Finland." Flat, comparatively deserted, unspoilt, back-to-nature experience. | 18mph in the mush hour | "We are 120 miles inside the Arctic Circle." "...a six-day husky safari across the icy fringes of Finnish Lapland." |
| The Daily mirror archive of photos | These related mainly to English football and footballers, some Finnish games and footballers. Includes Formula 1 pictures too. | "A FIFTH of Europeans despise the Church and most have greater confidence in the police and the media." What about the Finns? Read the article. | |
| Eurofile: Bonn implicated in Finland's EU defence coup | "The European Union chose Gen Gustav Hagglund, Finland's army chief, to head its Military Committee." | When the Finn lady sings |
"Not only is Karita Mattila enough to drive a grown man to tears. She also happens to be one of the world's greatest sopranos." |
| Global's good side | "Some 44% of Swedish households are online, while Finland and Norway have more than 70 web-connected servers (internet hosts) per 1,000 people." | Paranoid Parenting | "Children in Norway and Finland 'enjoy being at home without their parents..." |
| Race to the Finnish | "Finland is one of Europe's hothouses of contemporary dance - thanks to a potent combination of technical excellence and single-minded choreographic vision, with a purposeful focus on pure movement." | Executive backs 'free range' Highlands school | "The school's philosophy apes models in America and Finland." |
| Train travel: did you know...? | "Tilting trains operate at high speeds on conventional tracks in Italy, Germany, Norway, Finland and Spain." | US, Singapore, Finland lead world competitiveness table | "The United States followed by Singapore and Finland lead an annual table of the world's most competitive countries released Wednesday by a top management institute." |
Here is the list of papers and news sources available online.
| TOP Newspaper Site | All online newspapers at http://www.thepaperboy.com/ |
| The Times | I check The Times everyday. This is a broadsheet and read by the middle class. |
| Independent | A serious national UK daily broadsheet read by the middle class. |
| The Sun | A tabloid paper read mainly by the working class in the UK. |
| Helsingin Sanomat | Read what's happening in Finland in English. This can prepare you for small talk situations in business. |
| CNN Interactive | A very rich news and resources site updated quite regularly. You can even ask it to find customised news. Click on "custom news" in the left frame about 16 links down from the top, just under IN-DEPTH. |
| BBC Online | One of my favourite sites. Lots of updated news, language learning and BBC radio to listen to. Do you need to learn the basics about the Internet? Then go here. |
| USA Today | A national USA tabloid |
| The Oldie | A new online paper for the over 50s - "the oldies". This paper help oldies to understand the superhighway. Oldies are also called 'silver surfers'. Where's my hair colour? |