Starting a meeting Let’s start on the right foot. After everyone has arrived, the chairperson should officially start the meeting. There are a few simple ways to do this that are natural and friendly: Ok everyone, let’s get started. Ok, shall we start? Right, let’s begin. Can we start, please? Let’s start with … Welcoming…
Managing effective meetings can be an art form that requires balancing and dealing with interruptions, digressions, and strong personalities. Sometimes, it might feel like a juggling act trying to keep all these pieces in the air, and the task becomes doubly difficult when you add the challenge of managing the meeting in English. This series…
I’ve heard it from my students a million times. English pronunciation is crazy. English pronunciation makes no sense. English pronunciation is too random. And to those students, I say “You’re absolutely right”. There is virtually no consistency in how to pronounce a word. It takes a while to realise that the past tense of ‘read’…
Jasminka is a student from Poland. She is 11 years old and likes to draw. She drew this portrait of me in our last class. Amazing work! Thank you so much, Jasminka.
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You’ve got your favourite TV show and a healthy addiction to that weekly ritual, but wouldn’t it be amazing if you could learn to speak like your favourite actor or actress on that show? Maybe they have that right combination of street smarts, confidence, and playfulness. You like the sound of their voice, the rhythm…
Watching TV is a good way to practise our listening skills and learn vocabulary. It is especially useful for learning the “real English”. The English that normal people speak. The English that happens outside of the classroom and English textbooks. You might be surprised by all the shortcuts, lazy pronunciation, and slang that is used,…
News Websites Reading the news every day is a habit that can quickly expand your vocabulary. There is an investment at the beginning when you will spend a lot of time with your dictionary learning new vocabulary. The good news is that after a short while, you will notice that there are a lot of…
These English books are yours to download and won’t cost you a penny. Best of all, they’re legally free English books. Their copyright has expired and are now considered to be “public domain” and free for anyone to use. You can enjoy them on an eBook reader, your computer, phone, or tablet. I usually recommend…
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