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Business English: Facebook IPO

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Post published:February 8, 2012
Post category:Business English

Read the text about The Facebook IPO. Some phrases are highlighted and explained below. Don’t forget to answer the quiz and leave comments about the discussion questions. Possibly the biggest…

Cold Idioms & Snow vocabulary: A snow day at home

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Post published:February 7, 2012
Post category:Idioms Vocabulary

There is actually a lot of vocabulary to do with snow! Also there are lots of idioms about the cold. Look out for them in the text and then find…

Business English Vocab: Temping ticks the boxes

Post author:web-designer
Post published:February 6, 2012
Post category:Business English Business Vocabulary

Read the text about temporary work. Some phrases about temporary work are highlighted and explained below. Don’t forget to answer the quiz and leave comments about the discussion questions. …

Royal Garden Walk, Jersey Boys, Imperial War Museum and Welcome Drinks

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Post published:February 4, 2012
Post category:Social Programme

This week started off with a game of cards in the pub as well as some general chit chat (in English!) amongst the 20 students that Danielle and I took…

Question tags: You shouldn’t sit down, should you?

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Post published:February 2, 2012
Post category:English grammar

Question tags in English can sometimes be a bit difficult to get right. Look out in the text for them. Can you work out the rules? If not, go to…

Whoever/Whenever Grammar: Nadal vs Djokovic – whoever lost, we won

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Post published:February 1, 2012
Post category:Grammar

When should you use whoever, whichever, whatever, whenever, wherever & however. Look at the examples in the text and then read the explanations below. This year’s Australian tennis Open produced…

January 2012 Competition: Win a free English Course at SGI

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Post published:January 28, 2012
Post category:London

Congratulations to the winner of the Xmas 2011 Quiz, GIULIA AVATANEO from Italy. She won a one-week, Standard English Course at SGI. Now, SGI are giving away another FREE English…

Idioms about Relationships: Love on the rocks for celebrities

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Post published:January 27, 2012
Post category:Idioms

Idioms about Relationships (and some more vocabulary) printed in bold are explained below the article. Listen to the mp3 first without reading the text if you want to practise your…

Natural History Museum, Welcome Drinks, Soho Walk and We Will Rock You

Post author:web-designer
Post published:January 27, 2012
Post category:Social Programme

This week got off to a bang with the usual Monday afternoon welcome drinks with Ben and the lovely Danielle. They took around fifteen students to the Adam and…

Character Adjectives: Enter the Dragon

Post author:web-designer
Post published:January 25, 2012
Post category:Adjectives

Adjectives describing people's character are highlighted in the text and then explained in the vocabulary glossary below. The New Year officially began on Monday 23rd January. Well, for the Chinese…