Sunday 26 February 2017

DEFINITE OR INDEFINITE ARTICLES?

The use and omission of articles in English and Spanish follow different patterns, so practice and frequent revision will be required in order to master their use.

1.Read the explanation

2.And do lots of exercises

3.And revision of course!



WILL ENGLISH ALWAYS BE THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE?

Interesting question, isn't it? As interesting as this answer from Professor David Crystal, don't miss this video where he answers and give details about other issues such as what English will dominate in the near future and other aspects on language evolution and dominance:

Thursday 23 February 2017

INTERESTING VIDEOS OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS!

When you are really interested in English and become an advanced student, your curiosity has no limits.
In this website, called Learnex there are interesting videos and other activities to quench your thirst for knowledge!
For example, this one about expressions with the word " no".

Wednesday 22 February 2017

INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE FOR LEVEL 1

Purpose in English can be expressed in different ways, but depending on the grammar structure chosen there are restrictions, for example, when you use a verb, you should use the infinitive. 

1.Read this short explanation and do the exercise.

Apart from a verb, you can use the preposition for+ a noun phrase or, the connector so that+sentence.
Now that you know the different forms, practice with the next activity.

Finally, you can do the following activities for more practice.

Thursday 16 February 2017

MIXED CONDITIONALS AND CONDITIONALS WITHOUT IF? IS THAT POSSIBLE?

Yes, it is. Sometimes conditional sentences do not follow the standard first, second and third conditional patterns but can include different verb forms. Sometimes you can even see conditional sentences "without"! if of another conditional word, such as "in case" or "unless".

For more information and practice:

1 read the following explanation

2 do this exercise

3 and then this one

4after that look at the explanation for conditional sentences without if

Finally, read the information and do the exercise!

Tuesday 14 February 2017

HOW LANGUAGES EVOLVE

How do languages evolve? What's a language family? How do we know if languages are related? What do languages tell us? What is a language family tree? Watch this interesting video to have an introduction to this interesting topic!

Monday 13 February 2017

LEARNING WORDS AND GRAMMAR ISN'T ENOUGH!: PRAGMATIC AWARENESS

Understanding any language does not only have to do with understanding words and knowing its grammar, it is about language use too. In this video, Professor Pinker explains this with different examples:

WHAT IS TRANSLATION? WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?

The traditional ideal people have about what translation is an what  it involves and also about translators and their job, has changed a lot in recent years. If you are interested in this topic, don't miss  Professor Jeremy Munday's introduction to his book  An Introduction to Translation Studies.