Archive for the ‘vocabulary’ Category

Business English Podcast

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Here’s a Business English Podcast aimed at intermediate to advanced students of Business English. It’s done by two Canadian brothers. They explain a lot of useful words and phrases and the whole thing is done in a fun talk show style. Free study guides are available on the website. I think this podcast would be quite useful for students.

English Vocabulary - Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

This lesson features some more advanced vocabulary, including idioms and sayings related to Thanksgiving.
I want some turkey now!

Not this kind of Turkey, though… :)


Crosswords

Friday, November 9th, 2007

XwordThere are many sites on the net which allow you to create your own crosswords. The best are Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker and EclipseCrossword, a downloadable program which can make interactive web pages. These are useful for honing your English vocabulary, and just in general good for your mind.