What is the key to living long, healthy lives? In todays lesson you are not only going to learn some great English phrases, but you are also going to learn how to live over 100 years. The way we are going to do this is by looking at a Ted Talk video called, “How to …
Read more »Gun control in the USA is a divisive issue. Both sides of the debate (for or against gun control) are very vocal when arguing their case. Those against gun control use the second amendment to support their argument, while those in favor of gun control want stricter laws or a complete ban on the sale …
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What would you do with $100 billion? Well, Apple have had to make that decision this week. So, let’s find out what it has decided to do by reading an extract from this article in the Guardian: Vocabulary Shareholders – An individual or institution that owns part of a share of stock in a corporation. Dividend – …
Read more »In this blog post we are going to discuss a commercial that was shown on television during half-time of Super Bowl XLVI (in February). The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), and is usually the most watched television broadcast of the year, where friends and family get together to watch …
Read more »Today we’re going to talk about making decisions; more specifically we will discuss how long you take to make a decision, so let’s start by asking a few questions: 1. When you want to buy something like a camera, a computer, or a television, do you spend a long time researching the different products, or …
Read more »More and more students are choosing to take English lessons online due to a number of different reasons, including improved flexibility and a greater access for students who don’t have many language institutes in their area. But are English lessons online suitable for beginners? English Lessons Online for Beginners There are two types of beginners: …
Read more »When I mention phrasal verbs to my students the usual response involves a slight sense of panic and the realization that they are difficult to learn. There are thousands of different phrasal verbs, most of which are idiomatic in meaning. Each phrasal verb needs to be learned as you would learn any other verb or …
Read more »Forming regular verbs in the past simple can be straightforward once you know the rules and have practiced conjugating them. But how do you pronounce them? This is something that a lot of English learners have difficulty with as there are three distinct sounds. But after learning the rules, familiarizing yourself with them, and then …
Read more »Today we’re going to see a discussion between two people using the following phrasal verbs: break up, bring down, cheer up and get over. Try and work out the meaning of each one by the context: Today’s Phrasal Verbs – Bring Down, Break Up, Cheer Up, Get Over Bring Down If something is bringing you …
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Today we’re going to talk about backpacking. Backpacking means to travel or hike, carrying your belongings in a backpack. It can be for a short trip or a long trip. I went backpacking for eight months in North and South America. I have friends who go backpacking for just a couple of weeks. It involves …
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