My Marketing lecturer at university told us all a story from his days in the private sector. At the time, he was working for one of Australia’s biggest corporations, and he ended up making a mistake which cost the company $800 000. continue reading…
In the next few posts, I’ll be writing on the topic of making mistakes. It’s a common issue for students – how to speak better, and how to minimise the mistakes they’re making, but it also goes deeper than just talking about ‘making mistakes’. read more…
In the years to come, what will you remember from your English lessons? Hopefully it’s something fun and positive. But if you have some negative memories, even then there’s something that makes language learning come alive – emotions.
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Czech students are so obsessed about grammar and knowing all the ‘rules’ that they forget something: grammar is just one ingredient used in communication to express yourself and understand others. To switch things around, here are some practical ways you can use the present simple verb form in small talk and everyday conversation.
The present perfect is used to talk about events which have a connection between the past and now.
Knowing a few phrases with the present perfect built into it may help improve your understanding of this ‘tense’ as well as get you sounding more natural.
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Jack was walking down the street, wondering what he’d tell his wife once he got home. Then he saw a familiar face:
- “Jack! How’s it going?!”
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The Jones family from London, England, arrive at their hotel in San Francisco, USA.
One song lighting up the Australian top ten this summer is Guy Sebastian’s new song, ‘Can we all just get along?‘
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The Financial Times leads today with ‘Barclays in Qatar loan probe‘.
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