Under The Bridges, Welcome Drinks, National Portrait Gallery and 39 Steps.
Monday started off with banter in the pub, Ben and I met some of the new students and chatted about life in London. It was a lovely sunny day and…
Win a free English course at SGI London: April Competition
Congratulations to the winner of the IELTS Textbooks Competition, Anna Polanska from Poland. She won 2 IELTS self-study textbooks from Harper Collins. Now, SGI are giving away another FREE English…
IELTS Speaking: Improving your vocabulary
Getting to IELTS band 7+ is tough and most students never manage it but why? Well, people at that level are similar to native speakers because they know lots of…
Business English vocabulary: Samsung’s foldable phone
This text is about Samsung’s latest mobile phone technology. Some useful phrases are highlighted and explained below. Don’t forget to answer the quiz and leave comments about the discussion questions.…
Homophones: Kim’s Flour Power
Homophones are words with different meanings and spellings, but with the same pronunciation (in British English). Look out for the homophones in bold in the text and then check out…
Natural History Museum, Welcome Drinks, Soho Walk and the Theatre
On Monday myself and Ben took everyone for the usual welcome chat and drinks. It seemed that some of our longer term students were still nursing a hangover from celebrating…
‘For’ meanings: The Bad News for Bear
'For' can be used lots of different ways in English. Look out for the different 'for' meanings in the text and then read the explanations below. For those of…
Rude Hand Gestures: The V sign
As it's Monday and the start of a new week, this is probably a good time to do something a little bit different than normal...something naughty. So let's look at…
Expressions of Surprise: Dog owner taken by surprise
Something surprising can happen at any time and here you can find out lots of different ways to show how surprised you are. Look out for the expressions of surprise…
Welcome Drinks, Walk, Bowling, English Tea and the Theatre!
On Monday myself and Marija took 35 students to the Adam and Eve for welcome drinks and a chat. Marija got into a discussion on living and working in London and…