An advanced level student, whose objective is to improve his listening skills, told me that he has French subtitles on when he watches an English film or series. I had to politely point out that this was completely defeating the object = (it has the opposite effect of what you want). He told me that …
Month: August 2020
Here’s an expression that can be used either positively – ‘to promote yourself’ or negatively – ‘to show off’, depending on the context. In the following article the writer uses a very similar expression – ‘to toot your own horn’ ; (could this be the American version?), in the positive sense. https://www.fastcompany.com/90527629/how-to-promote-yourself-without-sounding-obnoxious
Having reached and been certified at a good upper intermediate level Dutch (B2+), I’m now trying to put the cherry on the cake by attaining the C1 (advanced) level certification. This is a test set by 5 of Belgium’s (Flanders’) leading universities and is the highest certified level achievable for a non-native speaker or ‘alien’ …