SPEAKING PRACTISE-STORY TELLING EXERCISES IMAGINE YOU WERE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH 1. Where are you? 2. How did you get here 3. Who are you with? 4. What exactly happened in the photo? 5. Appeal to the 5 senses, what did you see, hear , smell or feel. Imagine you were in the photo actually doing these activities Ensure to have a good use of adjectives, connectives. Apply the past simple, past continuous and past perfect.

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What is collocation? Collocation is ‘a predictable combination of words‘ for example we can say heavy rain but not strong rain because it does not sound right’ likewise, we can say ‘do exercise’ but not ‘make exercise’. Collocations can be made up of any kinds of words such as verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives. There are no rules for collocations in English Language, they are just combinations of words that we can become familiar with and then use correctly.

Small English mistakes can make you sound unprofessional. And the worst part? You might not even realize you're making them! Imagine this… You're in an important meeting. You say, "I am agree." No one corrects you, but they notice the mistake. Or you send an email saying, "I need an advice." It seems small, but to a native speaker, it sounds wrong. Little mistakes like these can affect how people see you. So, let’s fix them right now. Here are 10 common mistakes that professionals make—and how to correct them: ❌ "I am agree" → ✅ "I agree" ❌ "Can you repeat again?" → ✅ "Can you repeat?" ❌ "I am working in this project." → ✅ "I am working on this project." ❌ "I have a good news." → ✅ "I have good news." ❌ "Let’s discuss about this." → ✅ "Let’s discuss this." ❌ "I will explain you." → ✅ "I will explain to you." ❌ "I need an advice." → ✅ "I need advice." ❌ "He is married with Sarah." → ✅ "He is married to Sarah." ❌ "It depends of the situation." → ✅ "It depends on the situation." ❌ "I didn’t knew that." → ✅ "I didn’t know that." Good communication isn't just about what you say. It’s also about how you say it. Which mistake surprised you the most? Let me know in the comments!

This chart goes both ways. The Creative Bee posted this for expanding vocabulary which is fine to a point, but 350 million people speak hashtag#English as a first language and 1.5 billion use it as a learned one. Successful hashtag#communication is not the sole responsibility of the non-native English speaker. In an international English conversation the native English speaker has to consider NOT using the vocabulary on the right if their intention is to converse effectively as opposed to dominate or intimidate. If this thought just made you cringe, consider how much money you are costing yourself or your company by ostracizing and shaming 1.5 billion customers.

COLA WARS -BUSINESS ENGLISH LESSON A walk down memory lane………….. In one of my Business English lessons,with one of my advanced level students, we used a case study of the “COLA WARS” to complete our discussions around the subject of “COMPETITION IN BUSINESS” . Other than discussions around vocabulary and constructions we also took time to express each of our experiences around the beautiful marketing campaigns and strategies over years. My student reminded me of the once viral and iconic “Share a coke “ campaign. Brought back memories. Coca Cola really went ‘All out’ on this campaign. My student shared some photos they kept from this campaign and the creativity that went with it. PS: Learned a little Russian 😊 The words on th 3 bottles are translated :Andrey is a great football player (or cool football player) 😁 Do you remember the campaign? What was your experience? Did you get your name on a coke bottle?

Consistency is key in learning a language, more specifically, English. Keep working, Keep practising, keep making the effort to come out of your comfort zone to speak to others. 2025 is here, we can achieve more this year!!

BUSINESS ENGLISH-WRITING BUSINESS EMAILS (A2-B1) Some work done in one of my lessons...We tried to mix some of different forms of Language function for a an example of a typical Business English email: The simpler and straight to the point the better,however, still maintaining a clear communication of your intent of the email Can you see the Punctuation?The use of Phasal verbs? Formal Construction? "Dear xx, Thank you for your email just to clarify the expectations; do you need the data requested for, before our meeting on monday 28th? or could we share the data with you after kicking-off the monday meeting? Thank you in anticipation Regards"