Category Archives: Vague language and hedging

New Advanced level worksheets

Posted on 05/06/2010 by alexcase

All designed for and used with Landmark Advanced (boy, is that a book that needs some supplementing!), but most easily useable with any Advanced or high Upper Intermediate class,and all copiable from here into Word or printable as PDFs. Topics include: … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Cultural differences/ cultural training, euphemisms, Language of generalisation, Past continuous, Photocopiable worksheets, Present perfect/ simple past, slang, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL games, Vague language and hedging, Webquest | Leave a comment

English and the English in Wimbledon

Posted on 28/06/2007 by alexcase

Ian Ritchie, the chief executive of Wimbledon tennis club, quoted in full by the International Herald Tribune- no doubt for the amusement of their American readers: “We take very seriously being a sort of world-class event, hopefully” “And to a … Continue reading →

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