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English4U #15 - 24 Sep 2009
Focus: Improving your Speaking and Writing English writing and pronunciation tips. Links to an online speaking lab and guided writing lessons, to help you improve your English. Including famous English quotes and more.
Q Lesson: People and Animals (QEnglish, Intermediate - Unit 8)
Extras:
- Idiom: Actions speak louder than words
Synonyms: Tip (verb and Noun)
Heterographs: Clime/Climb & Deer/Dear
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English4U #14 - 10 Sep 2009
Focus: Weird and Wonderful Pets English tips and keywords about animals and nature. Includes animal trivia, history and fun information.
Trivia: Famous quotes and True / False questions directly from Q English Unit 8 course on Animals in space.
Q Lesson: People and Animals (QEnglish, Intermediate - Unit 8)
Extras:
- Idiom: His bark is worse than his bite
Synonyms: Drink
Heterographs: A/Eh & Ad/ Add |
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English4U #13 - 27 Aug 2009
Focus: Movies English tips and keywords for reading Movie Reviews. Includes sample positive and negative movie reviews, review vocabulary, movie genres and international ratings.
Trivia: Famous quotes and True / False questions
Q Lesson: Food & Cultures
Extras
- Idioms: To bite the dust
- Synonym: Sports
- homonyms: Facts/Fax & Capital/Capitol
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English4U #12 - 14 Aug 2009
Focus: Environmental Awareness English tips and keywords for reading 'Going Green'. with many Green idioms and their meanings.
Trivia: Grenn quotes and True / False questions
Feelings Focus: 'Hope' arond the world
Extras
- Idiom: Going green
- Synonyms: Swine Flu
- Homonyms: Sweet/Suite & Hair/Hare
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English4U #11 - 20 July 2009
Focus: Directions in English English tips and keywords for finding your way in an English speaking country. With a list of important keywords and sample Q&A dialogue. New words linking to an online glossary.
Feelings Focus: 'Happiness' David Beckham's anniversary and the Dalai Lama's birthday.
Extras
- Idiom: Apple of his eye
- Synonyms: Party
- Homonyms: Rows/Rose & Sea/See
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English4U #10 - 2 July 2009
Focus: Phone Interview in English English tips and keywords for a successful Phone Job Interview. Sample Q&A Phone Interview dialogue with links to an online glossary.
Feelings Focus: 'Sadness' Michael Jackson's recent passing.
Extras
- Idiom: A piece of cake
- Synonyms: Great
- Homonyms: Rows/Rose & Sea/See
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English4U #9 - 18 June 2009
Focus: Finding Love on the Net English tips to create your personal online profiles, initiate a chat discussion when searching for love over the net and sample adverts.
Extras
- Link to live English lesson at Q Social Network
- Idiom: Finding a needle in a haystack
- Synonyms: Bathroom
- Homonyms: Ask/Ax & I'll/Aisle/Isle
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Focus: Understanding Differences in English Clues to understanding English in the UK, the US and Australia and the differences between them.
Extras
- Spelling Differences
- Idiom: It's all greek to me
- Synonyms: Drugstore
- Homonyms: Cite/Site & Meet/Meat
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Focus: Traveling in English English tips and keywords for finding your way in English on planes, trains and automobiles.
Extras
- English in music
- Idiom: 'Til the cows come home
- Homonyms: Mail/Male & Son/Sun
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English4U #6 - 10 May 2009
Focus: Find Medical Care in English English tips and advice on how to get medical help in English when going to a Doctors. We have listed many English keywords about the body and illnesses.
Extras
- Funniest video competition
- Idiom: Under the weather
- Synonyms: Unwell
- Homonyms Hear/Here& Week/Weak
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English4U #5 - 23 April 2009
Focus: English in Everyday Life English words are used for names of perfume, music groups and even candy bars. Here we show you how much English you already know!
Extras
- List of Instant Message (IM) chat words
- Idiom: No man is an island
- Synonyms: Country
- Homonyms: Cell/Sell & Maid/Made
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English4U #4 - 8 April 2009
Focus: Find an Apartment English English tips and advice on what questions to ask and which words to use when describing the type of apartment you are looking for.
Extras
- Easter sale
- Idiom: House of cards
- Synonyms: Holiday
- Homonyms: Band/Banned & Muscle/Mussel
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English4U #3 - 26 March 2009
Focus: Common English Mistakes Homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different spelling and meaning. Here are some tips to help you write English right!
Extras
- Idiom: There's not point crying over spilt milk
- IM/Chat Dictionary
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Focus: Job Interviews in English English tips and advice on how to succeed in your face-to-face English job interview. Downloadable templates for creating the perfect CV - for different countries.
Extras
- Idiom: Go the extra mile
- Homonyms: White/Wine & Cereal/Serial
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English4U #1 - 26 February 2009
Focus: Writing Emails at Work English tips and advice on how to write formal emails, with a focus on the do's and don'ts of office etiquette.
Extras
- Funnies video competition
- Idiom: It's raining cats and dogs
- Synonyms: Rain
- Homonyms: Write/Right & Pair/Pair
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