For Students: Sports and Games
Are you a fan* of sports ? Are you more of a fan* of games ? At some point in our lives we have all played games, from when we were...
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Luke
- Sep 2, 2018
- 3 min
For Students: Extreme adjectives
OK, what's the missing word? Have a look at the four sentences below from Mike's weekend to Liverpool I went to Liverpool and it poured...
Luke
- May 28, 2018
- 4 min
For Teachers: World Cup 2018 Lesson Plan
The FIFA Football World Cup is a few weeks away, so I thought I'd create a lesson for you to use with your students before it starts and...
Luke
- Apr 24, 2018
- 3 min
For Students: Money
I recently left Lviv for the academic year, and unfortunately I was fined on my way out because I had overstayed my legal time allowed in...
Luke
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
For Students: Saying hello, bye, and thank you
The English good-bye is something I've heard about in Ukraine and Russia and I've often wondered what it meant. I wondered, what makes...
Luke
- Mar 12, 2018
- 4 min
For Students: Drinking alcohol
Hello Monday, I hope you're all feeling well after the long weekend. Hopefully you don't have a hangover or feel hungover today. Bank...
Luke
- Mar 6, 2018
- 4 min
For Students: Weather
I've just come back from the shop and as strange as it might sound, I am pleased to say it is chilly, but overcast outside, not cold, but...
Luke
- Feb 28, 2018
- 4 min
For Students: Music
Do you sing in the shower..... strange question or not? I thought, like me, everyone sings in the shower. I thought it was as normal as...
Luke
- Feb 20, 2018
- 4 min
For Students: Food
Food, food, food, we can't escape it, it's everywhere and with so many choices now we can have whatever tickles our fancy. Looking for...
Luke
- Feb 13, 2018
- 5 min
For Students: The language of love
Hello February 13th nothing special happens on this date, right? Right. But tomorrow is a different story. Valentine's Day, the day when...
Luke
- Feb 6, 2018
- 4 min
For Students: Writing a cover letter...
I was speaking to a girl called Oksana on Saturday(hello if you're reading) at the weekly English speaking meeting in Lviv, at Forum...
Luke
- Jan 30, 2018
- 2 min
Business English: Language for meetings
You might work in a company where you have meetings each day about projects, changes, or teleconferences with your international...
Luke
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
For Students: Ways of saying I like, I don't like, and it's OK
I hope you like this post today as we look at other ways to say I like and I don't like, and it's OK. Students will often overly use the...
Luke
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
For Teachers: Conversational Lessons
Conversation lessons. Those type of lessons where you basically just have a chat with a student. They sound ideal, and you might think...
Luke
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
For Students: Talking about the future
Well, I'm back after a 5-week break. A 5 week period that saw me meet snow in Germany, +22 sunshine in Spain, and wind and rain in...
Luke
- Dec 5, 2017
- 4 min
For Students: Top 20 common mistakes, translations, and peculiarities made by Ukrainian / Russian sp
Christmas is just around the corner and this will be my final post of the year before I jet off and take a well earned break to recharge...
Luke
- Dec 5, 2017
- 3 min
For Teachers: Christmas Lesson Plan
Every December around Christmas I take a holiday, so I'm never in the classroom. This means I miss all the Christmas lessons and...
Luke
- Nov 30, 2017
- 6 min
For Students: A year of feelings (adjectives)
This will be my second to last post of the year or penultimate post if you're looking for a new word. The last one will be the second to...
Luke
- Nov 21, 2017
- 3 min
For Teachers: Celebrations lesson plan
You can use this lesson as a conversational lesson or you could expand it with your own extra ideas. It's a lesson about celebration with...
Luke
- Nov 21, 2017
- 3 min
For Students: Slang
Every country has its own slang. This is informal words and expressions that you will hear everyday on the streets of any country. You...
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