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May 13
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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Apr 20
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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Mar 27
5 min

For Students: 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 mo...

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Mar 24
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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Feb 24
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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Feb 12
3 min

Business English: Networking

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

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Feb 2
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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Jan 31
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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Jan 27
3 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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Jan 13
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Apr 23, 2019
2 min

Business English: Negotiations

The power of negotiation is a great skill to have. The ability to convince, persuade, and even manipulate the person you are speaking to ...

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Feb 26, 2019
3 min

Business English: 10 Phrasal Verbs

A couple of days ago I was asked to help write a formal email to someone, we talked about what they wanted to say, and then together chan...

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