November 2014
On Monday Julia and Danielle went to the pub for the usual Welcome Drinks. They talked about the football, life in Saudi Arabia (especially as a woman a lovely new…
November 2014
Wrong, wrong wrong! There are lots of ways to say that you've made a mistake. Look out for the common English 'being wrong' vocabulary highlighted in bold in the text.…
November 2014
Legal English can be very confusing. I think that lawyers insist on using these archaic English legal terms just to confuse everyone and make sure that lawyers have plenty of…
November 2014
Useful Social Media vocabulary is highlighted and explained in this text about the new HTML 5 that is improving the internet. You can also answer a couple of questions by leaving…
British native-speaker teachers having a natural conversation about zombies. Does it get any better than that? 😊 This conversation is totally natural. There wasn't any preparation, so what…
November 2014
This text is about celebrity breakups - a recurring global news item! Relationships vocabulary is highlighted and explained below. This year a number of famous celebrity couples have broken up.…
November 2014
Here's a chance to increase your marriage vocabulary (just in time for the summer wedding season) with a true love story from within SGI. Saturday 23rd June 2012 was a very…
November 2014
This text is about how Zara has become so profitable. One of the keys to learning the language is increasing your knowledge of English vocabulary words. Some words/phrases that…
November 2014
The Oscars 2011 was a night of stunning triumph for British film as The King s Speech picked up 4 awards. The film was the toast of Hollywood as it walked away…
Sky Sports, which is a TV channel that shows lots of Premiership games live, got into a bit of trouble today. Their main football presenter and commentator were recorded saying…