For Students: Your new best friend GET
is such an important word in English because of its many different meanings. It's like James McAvoy's characters in the film Split. It is...
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Luke
- Nov 9, 2017
- 4 min
For Teachers: Haters gonna hate. IELTS SPEAKING
This lesson I've decided to call 'haters gonna hate' I haven't used this lesson myself yet, but I hope I can soon. There is a TV...
Luke
- Nov 7, 2017
- 3 min
For Students: Understanding Native Speakers
You might think it is great and life is rosy to be a native speaker of English, but not all the time. Firstly, some people feel a little...
Luke
- Nov 1, 2017
- 5 min
For Students: 10 Phrasal verbs to use...
After the popularity of the idioms post I posted I thought I'd do another one, but this time on phrasal verbs. Whenever someone asks me...
Luke
- Oct 25, 2017
- 6 min
For Teachers: The Fun Lesson #1
This lesson is the kind of lesson you can use at the end of the academic year, term, course, or even just to give your students a break...
Luke
- Oct 24, 2017
- 4 min
For Students: Idioms to use...
I was wondering what I was going to write about this week, but then I remembered the other day I had a conversation about idioms. While...
Luke
- Oct 17, 2017
- 5 min
For Students: How can I improve my English?
As a foreigner abroad who, sadly, doesn't speak a foreign language, all my communication is done in English. Even my landlord, who is a...
Luke
- Oct 11, 2017
- 7 min
For Students: How to fucking swear in English.
To swear: to use mother fucking bad words when using your English Swearing: The activity of using fucking bad words Swear words: The fuck...
Luke
- Oct 4, 2017
- 4 min
For Teachers: Pictures Lesson Plan
Here is a lesson on pictures. It always goes down well. It gets the students sharing and talking about pictures they have taken and...
Luke
- Oct 2, 2017
- 5 min
For Students: Top 20 common mistakes, translations, and peculiarities made by Ukrainian / Russian sp
I started my teaching career after I finished my CELTA course back in 2010. The first job I got was in Moscow, Russia. I was only there...
Luke
- Sep 27, 2017
- 4 min
For Teachers: Stereotypes Lesson Plan
This topic is always interesting and really gets students speaking. It's always interesting to hear how other nations see others. I...
Luke
- Sep 21, 2017
- 5 min
For Students: Asking questions
For the last 9 days I have attended a few English-speaking meetings. They are events where people meet up and practise their English in...
Luke
- Sep 20, 2017
- 4 min
For Teachers: Fashion Project Lesson
As many of you who worked at language schools during the summer with teenagers, you might have done a few project lessons. The type of...
Luke
- Sep 14, 2017
- 8 min
For Teachers: Teaching English in Warsaw
You may be thinking about teaching, or if you're already teaching thinking about moving to Poland, and particularly Warsaw. After 2 and a...
Luke
- Sep 13, 2017
- 3 min
For Students: Travel and transport
I thought I'd write a post looking at words, mainly phrasal verbs, connected with travel and transport and tell you about my journey to...
Luke
- Sep 6, 2017
- 3 min
British or American English?
American or British English? Which do you reckon you use most of? Let's see. What do you call those sugary things kids love so much ?...
Luke
- Aug 31, 2017
- 2 min
For Students: Asking about films
Are you a film buff like me? - a person who is very interested in and knowledgeable about films. When was the last time you went to the...
Luke
- Aug 25, 2017
- 2 min
For Students: Talking about days off and weekend plans.
It's the weekend tomorrow – Saturday and Sunday. Note: Some Russian/Ukrainian speaking students often refer to this as a holiday. It...
Luke
- Aug 18, 2017
- 2 min
For Students: Giving Advice
When someone has a problem or is unsure about something, they usually ask someone for some advice – ideas, and actions which they think...
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