These video lessons are particularly useful if you need English for your work or career
What is effective? and What is efficient? The answer to these questions will probably be different. Learn about the different meanings of the words effective and efficient. This lesson is going to be really useful if you’re learning business English for your career. Click here to see more business English videos Effective and Efficient video […]
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Here’s a fun way to learn phrases we use to make arrangements and appointments in English. Sing them! Yes, sing them! It’s great for pronunciation and it’ll make them stick in your mind. You’ll also practice the days of the week. This video stars my son Tom who is also an English teacher and he
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Security Safety – do these words mean the same thing? Sometimes the meaning of security overlaps with safety, but safety is the more general term. In this video lesson we go in depth and look at how we use these two words in English. To see a simpler explanation,click here. Click here to see a
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Safety Security – The meanings of these two words are similar so how are they different? In this video lesson we define safety and security and show you how to use them in English. Click here to see a more in depth explanation. Click here to see more business English videos. Safety and Security Video
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Lend and borrow are very common verbs and they’re often confused by English learners. In some languages just one word covers both their meanings. In English they describe the same action, but from two different directions. Lending is like temporary giving, and borrowing is like temporary taking. Click here to watch more vocabulary videos Click here
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Looking or free English reading practice? Here’s a very funny short story by James Schofield that provides excellent vocabulary practice. You’ll love the clever twist at the end. James is an English teacher and a very talented writer. This story was first published in print in http://www.business-spotlight.de/. Find out about James’ latest writing project at
Full Moon – a story by James Schofield. Read More »
Raise and rise – these verbs have similar meanings. Learn how we use these transitive and intransitive verbs differently. Raise is a regular verb and rise is irregular (rise, rose, risen). And importantly, raise is transitive and rise is intransitive. That means raise has a direct object. We always raise something. Rise, on the other
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