Citizens Advice

EDITOR’S INTRO

WHY ARE YOU LEARNING ENGLISH? TO GET A BETTER JOB,

Dangerous jobs

What are the most dangerous jobs?

THE NAME GAME

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SERIES OF FAMOUS NAMES WITH MEANING. THIS MONTH, CELEBRITIES WITH “COLOURFUL” NAMES. MORE NEXT MONTH

STORY TIME

Jokes, anecdotes and stories as told by native English speakers

LET’S TALK ABOUT: the Coffee Shop

IN THIS CONVERSATION, JODIE IS ORDERING SOMETHING FROM THE COFFEE

The Computer (part I)

LEARN SOME USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT COMPUTERS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES

The Computer (part I)

“I HAD TO SHUT THE PROGRAM DOWN BECAUSE IT WASN’T

Hedging

This month we’re looking at “hedging”. Hedging involves being cautious

Indirect Questions

THIS MONTH, WE’RE LOOKING AT INDIRECT QUESTIONS

In your Dreams

What do these strange visions mean?

How typical is the image the Briton abroad!

A recent survey of people in Britain showed that over

HOW TO... IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

With the holidays coming up, it’s important to keep up with your English. The best thing is to do a little bit every day. Here are a few fun ideas. This is the first part of a two-part series

IMPROVE YOUR SPOKEN ENGISH WITH THESE 12 EXPRESSIONS!

Do you want to sound more fluent in English? In

EXERCISES!

4. I lost over $2,000 by investing in my uncle’s

PICTURE DESCRIPTION

CHOOSE SIX OF THE PICTURES FROM BELOW AND TRY TO DESCRIBE THEM TO A FRIEND!

Celebrity Interview

Asking questions people just hate to answer

Holiday Reading

Here are some books you might like to read over the holiday period. Happy reading!

Megan Fan

Megan Fox is a model and and actress and one of the top stars in Hollywood right now. But she’s had to overcome a number of difficulties

Funny Phobias

Spiders? Tall places? these are all quite common, but what are some of the more unusual phobias people suffer from?

HOW TO... LEARN LANGUAGES

No one is really sure how we learn our second language, but there’s one man who’s got a very good idea: Stephen Krashen. You can read about his ideas in the book Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition, which consists of five main points. These are:

Coffee Shops

The best place to get a coffee?

Loan words

This month we’re looking at some “loan words” - terms or expressions that have been borrowed from other languages. [For more information on loan words, please turn to our Word of the Month article on page 46.]

Does British food even exist?

What mind you comes think when of to British food?

Fake Deaths

People who fake their own deaths and the reasons behind it

Summer Salads

TWO QUICK AND EASY SALADS TO ENJOY IN THE SUN

What a coincidence!

Unusual coincidences… or are they?

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

*Please note that the “Formal” way of speaking is intended

PHOTO MAGIC

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE IN THE SPEECH BUBBLES? HAVE A COMPETITION IN CLASS OR AT HOME

The Argument

Trying to talk sense into someone

DREAM IDIOMS

This month we’re looking at some “dream” idioms. This is part one of a two-part series

TripAdvisor

The traveller’s website TripAdvisor gets into trouble

PHRASAL VERB THEMES Money

Here are some more phrasal verbs for you to use. Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the words from below

“LOAN WORD”

THIS MONTH’S WORD OF THE MONTH IS “LOAN WORD”. [FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LOAN WORDS, PLEASE SEE DR FINGERS’ VOCABULARY CLINIC]