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How can I explain my country’s food?
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Read moreConversation Café Course 1 (live-online)
This is a small-group course aimed at helping you build your English speaking fluency and conversation skills. I hope you[…]
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Have you ever heard the phrase `Let’s play it by ear’? If you hear this phrase, it means the speaker[…]
Read moreSpeech Quality & Pronunciation course (live-online)
Looking to improve your English speech delivery? I will be starting a new speech quality and pronunciation course this summer. […]
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Do you know what it means when someone asks ‘Can you give me a hand?’? If you hear the idiom[…]
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Are you looking for job using English? Sometimes the job advertisements will be written in English. Sometimes you will also[…]
Read moreSpeech Quality Tip 8: Enjoy accents
Do you know what an accent is? It is how people from different places etc. sound different when speaking English. […]
Read moreSpeech Quality Tip 7: Know linking patterns
Do you know what linking is? In English speech, words often join together. Sometimes the gap between them disappears. Sometimes[…]
Read moreWhat does ‘twist your arm’ mean?
Do you know what ‘twist your arm’ means? To ‘twist someone’s arm’ is an idiom that means to persuade or[…]
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