This video is an exercise to practise long and short vowel sounds. This time, my students will teach you for a change! First, listen and repeat the sounds, then try the exercise. You have to read a word and decide if the vowel sound is long or short. It works best if you say the … Continue reading »
If you are a student and have spent any time in Britain, you will have noticed that the British like to talk about the weather. It’s one of our favourite small talk topics! You may wonder what is so special about our weather that we feel the need to talk so much about it and … Continue reading »
Welcome back to one of Tim’s talking pictures! This time it’s about the beautiful city of Bath. This is what you have to do: First, click on the link and listen to the talking picture. Then have a look at the glossary in this post. Listen again and try to answer the questions. Post your … Continue reading »
You can also follow Billie’s Blog on twitter now. If you’ve got a twitter account already just find us under ‘Billie’s Blog@tefltalk‘ and make sure you never miss out on the latest updates. If you read a post that you think your friends would enjoy too, why not share it on your twitter page? Just … Continue reading »
My upper-intermediate class has been learning about fashion this week. We had a look at some topic vocabulary and discussed questions to do with the fashion industry. So I thought I’ll post a few idioms connected to fashion. 1. ‘I’ll eat my hat if I’m wrong!’ A promise to do something impossible if one is … Continue reading »
Another Place is an art installation by Antony Gormley at Crosby Beach near Liverpool. I had heard about these sculptures before but never seen them myself, so when the sun came out in late March this year I finally went to have a look at this amazing art project. Another Place consists of 100 cast … Continue reading »
I hope you had a nice little Easter break? It’s back to work for me tomorrow and time to post a new teaching video. This time we will have a look at word stress, a really important part of pronunciation. First you will learn to find the number of syllables in a word and then … Continue reading »
Enjoy another one of Tim’s talking pictures! This is what you have to do: First, click on the link and listen to the talking picture. Then have a look at the glossary in this post. Listen again and try to answer the questions. Leave a reply with your answers to the questions. Link to Talking … Continue reading »
This week’s idiom post is dedicated to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. My students and I decided to try and catch a glimpse of Her Majesty while she was visiting Manchester as part of her Diamond Jubilee Tour of the UK. We managed to see her not only once or twice, but three times altogether! … Continue reading »
‘He passed his exam with flying colours!’ – Have you ever heard this expression and wondered what it meant? Are students in the UK wearing colourful clothes when sitting and exam? Or do they get a multi-coloured certificate after passing it? ‘With flying colours’ is just one of many idioms used in English. In fact … Continue reading »
