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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 know...

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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 cu...

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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 comm...

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Luke

Mar 27, 2020
5 min

Untitled

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 mo...

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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 un...

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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 rep...

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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 multi-natio...

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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 a...

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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. Som...

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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 c...

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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 ho...

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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 photobomb...

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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 ho...

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Luke

May 14, 2019
5 min

For Students: Addictions

Habit or addiction? There is a fine line between doing something very often, and doing something excessively to the point that you can't ...

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