Describing people

Here’s a piece of in-class writing my C2 CPE group did this week. It’s impressive stuff, so read and match the texts to the pictures! 1) He’s a stocky, overweight man in his thirties. He’s got narrow shoulders, wide and...

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Native English Christmas jokes 2021

  It wouldn’t be a traditional English Christmas without pulling a Christmas cracker, putting on the paper hat, trying to work out what to do with the plastic toy and, most importantly, groaning at the corny joke that is hidden...

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ONLINE LESSONS AT NATIVE ENGLISH

The lockdown was a real pain in many ways, but I have to say it gave us a push to look for and try out some next tools for making online lessons at Native English more interactive. Padlet is one...

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Native English’s Tips on Learning English

Native English’s tips on Learning English This is a list of ways you can improve your English. Of course, not every tip will work for you – it will depend on your learning style. Accept that learning a language is...

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Working on your Pronunciation

  ’I want to sound more natural in English’ is something I often hear from people who come into school for an interview. Different people have different pronunciation issues – some have problems with the individual sounds of English, others...

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proverbs from other languages

Here’s an article from today’s ‚Guardian’ newspaper. There’s a Polish one in there, too. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/nov/29/-sp-surreal-in-translation-matt-lindley-marcus-oakleys-foreign-proverbs-in-pictures What about these? Have you heard the original and if so, how common is it

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native speakers’ interviews

The whole website contains some interesting and often amusing insights into aspects of life in Britain and around the world…. Here’s a link to interviews with different people in London. You should also be able to find transcripts.

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poland – quizzes

Here’s a Poland quiz to test your knowledge. http://www.sporcle.com/games/psubball1/Poland Type ‚Poland’ into the search and you’ll find dozens more quizzes. This Sporcle website is well worth a look. You might find yourself dragged into the vortex.

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ponglish

Tekst o 10 zwrotach, które Polacy dosłownie tłumaczą na angielski wywołał ogromne poruszenie. Na naszą skrzynkę mailową trafiły dziesiątki przykładów spolszczonej angielszczyzny, których listę prezentujemy poniżej. Znalazły się na niej typowe dla rodaków „coś jest nie tak”, przerobione na „something is no...

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