June 2025

INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED English lesson: Let’s talk about the news.

It seems that every day the news on the TV gets worse.  It’s almost like we go from one crisis to another.  During this lesson the student chooses a current news story and starts a conversation about that particular news story.  Each conversation should last about 20 minutes. The 55 minute class could potentially include […]

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INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED English Lessons: So you think you know English expressions (1)

In English we use a lot of expressions.  Expressions can be regional or even national, meaning that expressions can vary from one part of the UK to another or from one English speaking country to another.  For example: A common Australian English expression is “No worries,” which is used to mean “no problem” or “it’s

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Advanced/Intermediate English Lesson: Analysing & understanding what you hear. (1)

In this lesson you will be presented with four music videos with the lyrics displayed on the screen. Each video will be between 2.5 and 4 minutes long. During each song I want you to try to understand the following: 1). What the person is singing about. 2). Who are the main characters (names) in

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Intermediate / Advanced English Lesson: Analysing what you see on TV (2)

We all watch the TV and occasionally go to the cinema. Watching TV can be a great way to expand your English vocabulary and to improve your pronunciation. However, when watching it’s very important to understand exactly what you are watching. Below is a video clip in English taken from either the TV or movies.

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