DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

DR FINGERS’ ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

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

LISTENING TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND!

1 Pre-listening Think of six typical things that

VOCABULARY THE DEPARTMENT STORE

Aisle Toilets / bathroom Shelf Credit/debit card Receipt

Story time

Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills.

BEACH BUMS

If you go to the States during the summer and go to the beach, you’ll see all sorts of different people there. Who are they? And what are they like? This is a comprehensive guide to the types of people you can find on an American beach

Travel Trivia

Did you go on holiday last year? Where did you go? What did you take with you? Below are the results of a very interesting survey on people’s habits and customs when they are on holiday. Are their answers similar to what yours would be?

DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH AND PASS OFFICIAL EXAMS?

LEARNING THESE EXPRESSIONS WILL REALLY HELP!

HOW MUCH CAN YOU REMEMBER?

USEFUL EXPRESSION EXERCISES!

DR FINGERS’ GRAMMAR CLINIC

Dear Dr Fingers, Last month you told us

THE PAY PROPOSAL

In this dialogue, Chris, from the sales department,

DOGS IDIOMS

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

VOCABULARY TRAVEL

Here is some useful vocabulary related to Travel.

THE TRAVEL AGENCY

Here’s a typical dialogue with lots of useful

THE BANK TRANSFER

In this phone conversation, Paul Spencer has phoned

CHICK FLICKS

Films about emotions

Top 10 Chick Flicks

Here are the top ten Chick Flicks of all time (in no particular order):

HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHICK FLICK

You know you’re watching a Chick Flick when…

WEDDINGS

Authentic conversations by native American speakers

Dictionary of slang

Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations.

In The News...

Help! A motorist who claimed to be a

PHRASAL VERBS COME

The verb “to come” has many different uses.