Christmas Competition: Win a FREE course at SGI London
Congratulations to the winner of the last quiz, Vedrana Zupanic from Croatia. She won a week of free English tuition at SGI in London. Now, we are giving away another…
A Walk under the Thames Bridges, Welcome Drinks, Tea Time, and Chicago the Musical!
This week on the Social Programme! On Monday, Alex and I went to the Adam & Eve pub with a rather small crowd, only about 8 students were attracted to…
Complaining on the phone
This blog shows you some useful complaining phrases that can be used on the phone for when you want somebody to do something for you. We start with a letter…
London Underground vocabulary: Busker of the Opera
Try to work out the London Undergound vocabulary from the context of the sentence before you look at the glossary below the text to find out the definitions. I don’t…
Political vocabulary: Spanish Elections
Words to do with politics are highlighted throughout and then explained below the text in the Politcal Vocabulary glossary The conservative People’s Party (PP) have romped to victory in the…
Adam & Eve Drinks, Soho Walk, Stomp!, and 5 a-side football!
This week has been cold, but, apart from Monday which was quite grey, we've had quite a lot of blue sky, and today it has just got much warmer, strangely!…
10 tips to be a perfect Englishman…by a French girl
Linda, from the SGI office (a native French speaker) gives us a sideways look at English life from a French perspective and some essential survival tips for London. If you…
Feelings Adjectives: Who’s that outside the school?
Lots of adjectives to do with feelings are highlighted in bold throughout and there is a glossary to help you understand them below the article. There was a lot of…
Phrasal Verbs: Police clear up Occupy NY
Look out for lots of phrasal verbs in bold. Try to work out their meaning from the context of the sentence before you look at the Phrasal Verb Glossary below…
A Few Comments from Current SGI Students!
We have a bit of a special blog today. Instead of telling you what's happened this week (and last week) I'm letting the students take over. Hopefully you'll get a…