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Feb 10
3 min

Why your company should have a weekly English speaking club

Speaking Club - In-company If your business involves working with overseas clients or customers, then you need English and almost...

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For Students: Preparing for a job interview in English

Luke

Oct 8, 2020
7 min

For Students: Preparing for a job interview in English

Who really likes having an interview? Especially when that or part of that interview is in a foreign language. It can be daunting not...

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For Students: Phrasal Verbs for Project Managers

Luke

Oct 2, 2020
3 min

For Students: Phrasal Verbs for Project Managers

If you’re reading this and you’re in Lviv, Ukraine you probably work in the IT industry and you use English everyday be it replying to...

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For Students: Confusing words for Russian & Ukrainian speakers round 2

Luke

May 13, 2020
4 min

For Students: Confusing words for Russian & Ukrainian speakers round 2

Back again for another bout of rounds between two words that can often be misused or misunderstood by Russian and Ukrainian speakers when...

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Luke

Apr 20, 2020
3 min

Business English: Giving a Presentation

Giving a presentation in English can be nerve-wracking, especially when English isn’t your first language and you’re not sure of the...

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Luke

Mar 27, 2020
5 min

For Students: Talking about family

Do you look more like your mum or dad? What about when they were the same age as you, are you a spitting image of them? You could look...

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For Students: Confusing words for Russian & Ukrainian speakers

Luke

Mar 24, 2020
4 min

For Students: Confusing words for Russian & Ukrainian speakers

I imagine most of you, like me are going crazy stuck indoors in these difficult times trying to entertain yourself in any possible way...

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Luke

Feb 24, 2020
4 min

For Students: Fame

Fame or fortune which one would you choose? Are you think-skinned enough to handle the price of fame?

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Luke

Feb 12, 2020
3 min

Business English: Networking

Going to a conference? Ready to network in English? Here is some help.

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Luke

Feb 2, 2020
4 min

For Students: Politics Vocabulary

4 years after the United Kingdom held a referendum on to leave the EU or not, 4 years of hearing the word Brexit, 4 years of constant...

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Luke

Jan 31, 2020
4 min

Business English: Advertising

If I asked you what make are your shoes, what would you say? And then if I asked what make is your phone? I’m not asking what your shoes...

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Luke

Jan 27, 2020
4 min

For Teachers: My City Lesson Plan

This lesson is a good one to use when you've just finished talking about travel and countries. It was planned and used with a...

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Luke

Jan 13, 2020
4 min

For Students: Body idioms and Phrases

Hello 2020, and hello January the month that starts a brand new twelve months and for us and for us to try and start those resolutions we...

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Luke

Dec 31, 2019
5 min

For Students: Mistakes & Strange Things

The last post of the year. Things have been rather busy over the last few months which means I haven’t had the chance to write anything...

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Luke

Dec 23, 2019
4 min

For Students: Talking about Age

If you’re reading this in the office, take a look at someone in the office you don’t know well and have a guess of their age. Are they in...

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Luke

Nov 18, 2019
4 min

For Students: Fear & Worry

If you hate your job and every evening you say ‘please, please, please nooo’ then you dread going to work. Dread is an awful feeling....

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Luke

Oct 7, 2019
5 min

For Students: Words with Shop

What day do you do the shopping? In the UK it is quite normal for people to do their weekly shop on a Friday for the week ahead. As you...

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Luke

Sep 27, 2019
2 min

For Students: Alternatives to Like

Like. I'm certain you like to use like a lot, and like is OK, but we have alternatives to like which we can use when we talk about our...

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Luke

Aug 27, 2019
3 min

For Students: Pictures

What would a good caption be for the last picture you took? Is it good enough to frame? If you look really closely, has anybody...

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Luke

Jul 14, 2019
4 min

For Students: English from England..

Hello from England. I'm Home from my home away from home for the summer before heading back to Lviv and to work in August. I always go...

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