Living Abroad

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

DR FjINGERS ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

In this section Dr Fingers identifies and corrects typical errors… and ensures that they are NEVER, EVER repeated.

DR FINGERS’PRONUNCIATION

Hello everyone and welcome to my English pronunciation course! OK, let’s get pronouncing! (The answers to the exercise are on page 50)

LISTENING CHECKING UP ON THINGS BY PHONE!

1 Pre-listening How do you greet a caller

READ & LISTEN

2 Reading I Read the article once. Which

HOW THE WWF IS HELPING THE WORLD!

The World Wide Fund for Nature (the WWF)

Story time

Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers

Joke advert

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills.

BUSINESSDIALOGUES

THE MISTAKES

DO YOU WANT TO REMEMBER WORDS MORE EASILY? USE MEMORABLE SENTENCES!

THANKS TO CRISTINA FOR HER INSPIRATION!

MEMORABLE SENTENCES!

Here are some examples of Memorable Sentences

Mini test

COFFEE

What’s your favourite hot drink? Most people round

the origins of coffee

Manic Goats The story of the origins of

Coffee Trivia

Sit back and enjoy some coffee-related trivia. Later,

VOCABULARY COFFEE

Here is some useful vocabulary related to COFFEE

TYPICAL DIALOGUES

THE COFFEE SHOP

DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC

Today’s class: Whether & If Dear Dr Fingers,

BUSINESS DIALOGUES

THE FOCUS GROUP

DOGS IDIOMS

This month we are looking at some idioms related to “dogs”. This is the second part of a mini-series.

Amazing World

MONTREAL

Weird World

ACHILLES

Weird World Cartoon

US bar chat

LEARNING LANGUAGES

Strange BUT True

True stories from around the world that are hard to believe!

Dictionary of slang

In The News...

Postal Sale A German postal worker, Siegfried Teef,

PHRASAL VERBS DO

The verb “to do” has many, many different