Growing up in London has made me realise that the correct English language is a bit of a myth. The only person I remember ever speaking the correct English language in my entire life was my Secondary School Head Teacher. To be fair she was about 70 something year old, it would have been very …
Urban Dictionary: The English Words of Young People Read More »
What is Cockney rhyming slang? If you’ve ever been to London and witnessed people speaking a strange kind of English that you didn’t understand, you were probably hearing Cockney rhyming slang. CRS replaces one word with a pair of words that rhyme with it. For example, ‘trouble and strife’ means ‘wife’ in Cockney rhyming slang, …
This weekend, I was at a friend’s wedding and as I was looking around, I started thinking of some of the English words we use at weddings. Here is a short text about the wedding. All the interesting words related to weddings are in black. Can you guess what they mean? The answers are at …
While I was in Jakarta last week, I thought of some interesting vocabulary I would like to share related to my trip. Try and guess what the words and expressions in black mean then check your answers at the end of the article. Jakarta is an interesting city. Many people find it intimidating at first …
English traffic expressions from my trip to Jakarta Read More »
I love spending time at the beach here in Bali. It’s a great place for swimming, running, or just relaxing and thinking. While I was at the beach this weekend, I made a note of some English vocabulary for talking about beaches. Read through the text below and try to guess what the word in …
While I was travelling to Malaysia last week, I started thinking about the specific English vocabulary used for travelling by plane. Here’s a little story containing some useful travel vocabulary. See if you can guess what the words in black mean, then check your answers at the bottom. I am an early bird so it …
English travel vocabulary from my trip to Malaysia Read More »
The industry based around teaching kids English is huge. Millions of dollars a year are made by schools and publishing companies. There are so many reasons why it’s important for kids to learn English and if you have learnt English as your second language already, you will probably know all of them. While it’s great …
5 reasons why you should practise English with your kids Read More »
As regular readers of this blog will already know, I love tasting different kinds of food from all over the world. That’s why this article on the BBC News website caught my eye. The most delicious pizza I’ve ever had was in Italy so hopefully this trademark will help them make sure the pizza there …