VARIETIES OF ENGLISH: SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH

It is amazing to realize how human societies acquire and use a language in order to develop themselves according to their specific needs. Here is a summary of the history, use, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of this language variety of English, currently used by about 2.7 million people in the country.
And last but not least! To put theory into practice, don't miss this inspiring video where we can listen to one of South African English most relevant speakers, Nobel Prize winner for Peace, Nelson Mandela, talking about a topic so relevant to our current situation: "the importance of humility".

STAY AT HOME AND IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH!

"I don't have time to practise my English" used to be your excuse, but these days at home are a golden opportunity to improve! Here are my suggestions: you just have to follow my instructions every single day,  One hour will be enough. So are you ready? Click on your level, choose an activity and off you go!

MONDAY: LISTENING AND REVISION ACTIVITIES
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
 TUESDAY: GRAMMAR DAY
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
WEDNESDAY: PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY
Levels 1, 2 and 3
THURSDAY: READING
Levels 1, 2 and 3
FRIDAY: LEARNING ENGLISH IS FUN!
SATURDAY: KARAOKE
This activity can be done alone or with friends!
Choose your favourite song  with lyrics on youtube, and after singing it a few times, feel like a music star and try singing the karaoke version!

SUNDAY: MOVIE DAY! Choose your favourite films and watch them in English, subscribe to a website, I recommend Ororo tv, and be brave, watch at least five minutes without subtitles!! 

TESTING YOUR ENGLISH: READING TESTS FOR A1-2 STUDENTS

If you need practice in testing your reading skills, don't worry, you have plenty of work here:

1.testenglish has lots of interesting texts to practice!

2.British Council  Start with A1- A2 texts

3.British Council 2 and try with more challenging texts!

TESTING YOUR ENGLISH: GRAMMAR FOR A1-A2

Congratulations! You've studied a lot and have done a good joB! Now, it's time for you to test your grammar in order to check your strenghts and weaknesses. Here are some interesting websites:

1-test-english

2-englishtestonline

3-speakspeak


Are you ready?

steady? Just choose your grammar topic and

go- if you still fail too much revise your grammar topic with web number 1,  test-english and start again!

Good luck!