But there is another question in your last letter -- one about which a person can only give an impression -- and my impression is that, speaking of plants of a well-known flora, what we callintermediatevarieties are generally less numerous in individuals than the two states which they conne...
After you have taught 10 or so phrasal verbs, do thisrole-play activityto give your students a chance to use the expressions in conversation. Here is the Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate English Phrasal Verbs list: calm down "Calm down, Mike. There's no need to yell." ...
Next, you've got to actually produce the language in a purposeful way. According to Merrill Swain's 'OutputHypothesis', speaking helps us to notice holes in our knowledge that we can then work on. Speaking also gives us the chance to experiment with language and, following feedback, either...
So, you've reached an intermediate level of English – congrats! You can understand most things about familiar topics and can express yourself in most situations. But maybe you've been here a while, and now you're stuck in what we call the 'intermediate plateau'. Often when we begin lear...
Next, you've got to actually produce the language in a purposeful way. According to Merrill Swain's 'Output Hypothesis', speaking helps us to notice holes in our knowledge that we can then work on. Speaking also gives us the chance to experiment with language and, following feedback, eithe...
If you want to increase your speaking score, you need to learn collocations because they will help you to speak and write English in a more natural and accurate way. People will probably understand what you mean if you talk about “making a crime” or say “there was very hard rain this...
Here are some typical questions belonging to the intermediate level: I feel that I can communicate in Chinese, how do I keep improving? How do I deepen my knowledge and broaden my vocabulary? How do I take the step from intermediate to advanced?
Speaking Exercise: Here’s a list of rules of etiquette. Which ones apply to your country? Have some rules changed over the last two decades? burping at the table In the USA, it is considered bad manners to burp at the table, although some people might accept the behavior as being ok...
Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate, and native-speaking students. To begin, the subjects listened to a re...
aL:Hello,Mr Brown speaking.What can I do for you?[translate] aYI, I got a contract from Hangzhou Ou Ya Hotel (full page) YI,我从杭州 Ou Ya 旅馆获取一份合同 ( 整个页面 )[translate] aFor example, straightforward interpretation of economic and financial crisis, the value of transfers, equ...