since my days at Apex Computer Recruitment London.. and that’s a few moons ago to say the least! 😉 Anyway the 5 Ps; “Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-poor Performance”! And so, I “always” prepare my lessons “thoroughly“. NB The position of the adverbs “always” and “thoroughly“. I have noticed that a lot of non-native English speakers …
What could the police officer have been thinking of wearing a MAGA (make America great again) cap?! My conclusion or deduction is as above but the video below gives us the opportunity for some discussion during our lessons and also to practise an area of grammar which often causes confusion for students; “modals of deduction”. …
and be well rewarded. You may not quite be on the moon if you take English courses with me but your communication will definitely be elevated to the next level!
Forgive me if I take a moment to “blow my own trumpet”… BUT, I nailed it = (did something very well), cracked it = (succeeded at something)!! Apropos my post of August 4th, I passed my exam. I’m over the moon! No more “double Dutch” for me…
In connection with my goal of achieving C1/advanced level Dutch certification, I decided to try reading my first ‘proper’ book in Dutch. By ‘proper’ I mean not adapted for non-native readers and not a children’s book! A friend had recently recommended “King Leopold’s Ghost” by Adam Hochschild and so I decided to “kill two birds …
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’ …
Where there’s a will there’s a way means if you want it badly enough, it’s possible. It seems there’s a way to overachieve on Europe’s carbon-neutrality goals if we want it badly enough. At least according to this article from the interesting site “Social Europe”. To help you I’ve listed some buzzwords from the text. …
If you are at a loose end then it means you are a bit bored because you don’t know what to do. If that’s the case for you, here’s a suggestion. This is an excellent site (link below), where you can test all of your English language skills: vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading and grammar. You …
In the wake of the horrific murder of George Floyd, there have been a spate of demonstrations around the world including one in Antwerp yesterday. As I’ve previously mentioned I’m a fan of ‘The Brussels Times’ but I couldn’t help noticing that they let their standards slip with regard to grammar in the article I’ve …