November 2014
As a cold front sweeps across most of Europe, I thought it would be the perfect time to think about winter weather vocabulary. So here s an article about how…
November 2014
DifficultMaybe you have found yourself in a similar situation: your office phone rings. It s an international call! Nervous, cold sweat starts to form and you look for excuses not…
November 2014
Corruption in FIFA has been a big story recently as they decided who would host both the 2018 and the 2022 world cups. Two people who had the right to vote had…
November 2014
Each week we give a summary of a popular news story and then discuss the meaning of some of the key words and phrases people use when discussing this topic.…
November 2014
As you may already know, as an SGI student, you have access to the SGI e-learning programme before, during and after your course. We are now proud to announce that…
November 2014
Football commentators have been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons but traditionally they have a reputation for using language which sometimes even native speakers not interested in…
November 2014
Learn English when you are travelling: Describing things a simple and enjoyable mental challenge It s difficult to find time for studying English everyday. We all know that. But every…
November 2014
If you thought Standard English was difficult, you might like to try your hand at the latest London English dialect, Jafaican , or to give it its more academic sounding title,…
November 2014
In the English lessons during the summer at SGI, I noticed that students from all levels and all different nationalities had difficulties using say and tell correctly. Here s a…
November 2014
Listen and watch as Barney talks about his area of town, interviews a neighbour and shows us something unexpected about both the area and himself.