January 2012 Competition: Win a free English Course at SGI
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
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
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
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…
IELTS Speaking: Two-Way Discussion sample answers
In part 3 of the IELTS speaking test you need to talk about a topic with the examiner for 4-5 minutes. During this time you will be asked various questions…
La Soiree, Chat in the Local, Soho Walk and The National Portrait Gallery
On Monday Julia and I took 26 students to the Adam and Eve, the schools local. Julia had a rather intense conversation with some students regarding sexism at work whilst I…
Business English: Let’s ban Management Speak
Read the text about banning management speak. Some management speak phrases are highlighted and explained below. Don’t forget to answer the discussion questions that appear after the vocabulary glossary. We…
Birthday Vocabulary: Many Happy Returns, Muhammed Ali
Words to do with birthdays are highlighted in bold and then explained below in the glossary. If you had to name one of the greatest ever sportsperson in the world,…
Business English: Developing your customer service
Read the text about customer service. Phrases about customer service are highlighted and explained at the bottom. There are also 2 discussion questions to answer, so please leave your answers…
IELTS speaking test part 2-Describing a friend you spend time with
In part 2 of the IELTS speaking test you need to speak for 2 minutes about a given topic. You get 1 minute to prepare. During this time it’s a…