Student Testimonial: Walida from Algeria
What a wonderful time spent at SGI School!!! I’ve just looked at my pictures; a lot of memories came out from the last three summers: 2009, 2010 & 2011. What…
Office Appraisal: How NOT to get a salary increase!
After the earlier comedy video blog this week, here's another one with more opportunity to practise your listening skills (and learn a little bit more about English culture). The video…
Welcome Drinks, Royal Gardens Walk, The Mousetrap and the V&A
Have you had a good week? On the social side, we had a great one! We started with the pub on Monday, Gavin & I accompanying a group of around…
Compound Adjectives: Tintin is now three-dimensional
When I was growing up, I used to read the much-loved Tintin comic books – I remember having all of them. I used to love reading all about his action-packed…
Mobile Phone Vocabulary: Blackberry not working
Blackberry mobile customers around the world were very frustrated and angry last week after being unable to access their emails, use the Blackberry messenger service or surf the web due…
Win a FREE Course at SGI!!!
Congratulations to the winner of the last quiz, Tina Gallant from Belgium. She won a free Standard English Course at SGI. Now, SGI are giving away another FREE week of…
A Walk through Soho, a Trip to Camden, Thriller the Musical and the Southbank
Another busy week over! On Monday we had a trip from Westminster to Soho and back to the Adam & Eve pub for a well-deserved drink... Owen shared his knowledge…
Adjectives + Prepositions: St Paul’s unhappy with Occupy London
Is everyone fed up with demonstrations in London yet? It seems that all we are good at is protesting nowadays – but I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing.…
Passive Grammar: Rooney is banned!
Look out for several uses of passive grammar in bold throughout the article Rooney has been banned for 3 games for next year’s European Championship. England qualified for the tournament…
Welcome Drinks, a Walk under the Bridges, The Greatest Museum, and some Rock!
This week on the social: Gavin & Alex were on duty on Monday, and off to the Adam & Eve pub for the usual welcome drinks. There was a good…