Every day, we are taking a word that is being used about The London Olympics, explaining it and telling you how to use it. Some other words that may be new to you (highlighted in bold) will also have a definition in the vocabulary glossary at the bottom of the page. Olympic Word of [...]
The Olympics are in full swing now in London. We will highlight a word that is being used in relation to the Olympics everyday that you might not know. More difficult words (written in bold) in the article are explained in the vocabulary glossary at the end of the blog. Day 3: Word of [...]
As an extension to our Real & Relevant Podcasts of completely natural conversations, here is the third of our Olympic mini-podcasts The Real and Relevant podcasts are normally only with native speaker English teachers. However, for the Olympics mini-series I am talking with Zsuzsanna from Hungary, who is a non native speaker, but practically fluent. [...]
As an addition to our Real & Relevant Podcasts of completely natural conversations, here is the second of our discussions about the London Olympics. Unlike our Real and Relevant normal podcasts with only native speakers that are English teachers, I am talking with one of my students, Zsuzsanna, who is a non-native speaker of English [...]
As an extension of our Natural Conversation: Real & Relevant Podcasts, here is the first of our mini podcasts (much shorter in length) about the London Olympics. I will be having conversations with one of my students, Zsuzsanna, who is a non-native speaker of English (but practically fluent). This is to show you that amazing [...]
The Olympics are finally here in London, so why don’t we celebrate it with some new English words that people are using in relation to the Olympics and you might not be familiar with in the new, mini, SGI series: Olympics Word/Phrase of the Day. Any other difficult words (highlighted in bold) will be explained [...]
Thousands of phrasal verbs in English can be difficult to understand. But sometimes you can guess their meaning from the context of the sentence. Learning and using phrasal verbs can really make the difference between sounding like a good English speaker and a VERY good user of English. Used correctly, phrasal verbs can get you [...]
