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St Piran’s Day is one of the most important days of the Cornish year. On Friday 5th March we honour our Patron Saint and celebrate all […]

Not Quite Nice Learning new vocabulary is more fun when you join a book club. Recently Book Clubs and conversation classes have become more popular than […]

To help you learn your vocabulary in a fun way, I’ve used Quizlet to make an on-line Units of Time Interactive Quiz for you. There’s much […]

Finding Key Information in OET Reading Part A As you know, OET’s Reading Part A is all about reading four texts quickly to find specific information. […]

Everyone knows that English spelling patterns are difficult and most of the time it seems to make no sense. One way we can make sense of […]

In these times of furlough and social distancing, nothing is better than a pot of home made chicken stew. In particular, my mother’s home made chicken […]

Coronavirus has affected many industries, but the hospitality sector has been affected more than most. UK Hospitality have published some advice for hotels and the rest […]

The Crossword is back! Once again we have taken a crossword from The I newspaper (slightly amended) for you to try. Click on the crossword icon […]

Where are you? This is often the first question my new students ask when we arrange to meet for a coffee. So, I decided to produce […]

Authentic Listening Listening to different accents, speeds of speaking with all the ‘um’s and ‘ah’s of normal every day speech can be both exciting and frustrating. […]

New Points Based Immigration System The UK Government has put in place plans for a new points based immigration system, to be active from 1 January […]

Hurrah – It’s pancake day One of the best days of my year is coming up fast! Tuesday 25 February is Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as […]