Pub, Royal Walk, Museum of London and the Lion King!
On Monday Ben accompanied me and the students to the pub. I was talking to one of the students about Traditional Afternoon tea and how amazing scones and jam are.…
A meaning of a word ruined by mispronunciation
A meaning of a word can be completely changed by wrong pronunciation and that's why a lot of English humour is based on mispronunciation. If you pronounce a word incorrectly…
Useful Business Vocabulary: iPhone 5 and Apple Maps
This text is all about the new iPhone5 and Apple maps. Both are in the news but for different reasons. Various bits of useful business vocabulary and phrases that are…
IELTS Speaking Test Questions with answers: Royal privacy
Our IELTS Speaking Test questions with answers can be found at the bottom of this blog. Read the article about the latest Royal scandal, which is all about the right…
English Pronunciation: Be understood
English teachers and students often focus a lot on vocabulary and grammar when doing speaking preparation for exams like IELTS, whilst neglecting improving their English pronunciation. Well, it’s good that…
Accent reduction: Native Speaker speech pattern copying
You were promised some accent reduction training in yesterday's blog, so here it is! At the end of this blog RECORD YOURSELF saying the example sentences - I will get…
R&R 22: English Accent – Missing England
English Conversation Real & Relevant Podcast 22 Two English teachers with two types of English accent. Melissa is back in the pod and talks about the things that she has…
Welcome Drinks, Walk, The Imperial War Museum and Shakespeare’s Globe
On Monday Tim and I took around twenty five students to the pub. There were a lot of new students. We discussed the conversation classes and how as teachers we…
Accent training: ‘th’ sound exercises
Accent training is desired by lots of students. It seems that everyone wants to sound like a native speaker because my students have asked me so many times, "How do…
7 Reasons to Learn English
There are many reasons why it is a good idea to attend an evening class if you are looking to learn English in London. An evening class is an ideal…