December 15, 2015

In this post – the first of two on revising vocabulary – we will show you a few techniques to[...]

December 11, 2015

How to Organize your Notebook In the notebooks we use in class, we often write new words in alphabetical order,[...]

December 3, 2015

Vocabulary Notebooks – Part 2 In the last blog we discussed some ways of recording collocations in your vocabulary notebook[...]

November 18, 2015

Vocabulary Notebooks – Part 1Many of you find English vocabulary difficult. To be honest, so do many teachers! There are[...]

October 27, 2015

English Words Foreign Speakers Struggle to say Do you struggle with certain English words? Are there some English terms you[...]

March 11, 2015

How to improve your IELTS Writing scoreThe IELTS writing paper has two parts: Task 1 Sample task http://ielts.org/PDF/120430_academic_writing_%20task_1B.pdf Task 2[...]

February 13, 2015

How to improve your Cambridge First Writing ScoreDO THE 2015 EXAM Make sure you are following the new course! The[...]

December 16, 2014

How to … ask for clarificationWhat do you do when you’ve heard the teacher or another student speaking to you,[...]

December 5, 2014

How to... apologise In Ireland we apologise for everything. We are so enthusiastic about apologising that we even say “sorry”[...]

November 28, 2014

How to ... borrow something politelyHow to…. borrow something politely (From Manners Matter in the Classroom by Lori Mortenson, illustrated[...]