Academic English skills for international students
As we all know, IELTS students often have to describe graphs or tables in part 1 of the IELTS writing test so I am always looking for materials to help students practise these areas of their language. However, it seems that some institutions are starting to restrict access to their materials! I have noticed that … Read more
Oh dear. It’s that time of year – the clocks have gone back which means that it’ll soon be getting dark at four o’clock in the afternoon. Of course, at this time of year it is traditional for everyone to complain about this. Every year the news programmes are full of people saying that we … Read more
British sports fans will have been following the Wimbledon tennis championship over the past few days. It is a very ‘British’ event (with strawberries and cream) and it is traditional for a British player to do quite well and then get beaten. It was no different this year only our current best player is really … Read more
A few readers have been asking about vocabulary learning. Expanding your vocabulary is essential to improving your English! But what words should you learn? You cannot just study the dictionary! The only way to learn new words is to get engaged in talking about some topics in English. What I mean by this is finding … Read more