Some people find English expressions and idioms hard to learn. I always teach students to remember idioms as one single piece of vocabulary rather than individual words. If you find idioms hard, try using this method – it really works. The theme of our English expressions and idioms this week is ‘hard’: caught between a …
The kind people over at the Lexiophiles blog have nominated Wil’s World of Words for their Top 100 Language Blogs award. I’m really pleased about this because I am a big fan of the Lexiophiles blog so this nomination really means a lot to me. If you would like to support Wil’s World of Words, …
Why do learning English and drinking coffee go so well together? Lots of my students and friends on Twitter love learning English while drinking a hot cup of coffee. I also like to have a cup of coffee while I’m teaching my morning classes. I find it’s a great way to start the day. I’m …
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I am addicted to Google Street View. I can spend hours on it looking around different cities all over the world. It’s just so much fun! I spotted this article on the BBC News website at the weekend related to the technology Google uses when recording the information for Street View. There were some really …
This week has flown by. The time has passed so quickly. We’ve seen loads of interesting vocabulary related to traffic and the word ‘hang’ on the World of Words this week and now it’s time to see if you can remember it all with the 33rd Wil’s World of Words English vocabulary quiz.
View Larger Map Have you ever heard of Bournemouth? It’s a seaside town in Southern England famous for ballroom dancing and as a place for elderly people to retire. It’s also a great place to study English, though. Bournemouth is a short train or coach journey from London and easy to get to from both …
We saw what a hung parliament was yesterday on the World of Words and that started me thinking of more English expressions and idioms with ‘hang’. Here are my favourites: to get the hang of something Meaning: to become competent at a new skill Example: I’ve been learning English for a year and I’m getting …
If you have seen the results of the UK elections in the news recently, you will have certainly seen the expression ‘hung parliament’. What does it mean, though? A ‘parliament’ is a group of politicians who govern a country. In the UK, the politicians in Parliament are called MPs (Members of Parliament) and the overall …