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EDITOR’S INTRO

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

V for Vendetta

Have there been any anti-capitalist protests in your city? People

Doodle Analysis

What your doodles really say about you

LET’S TALK ABOUT: Health & Safety

LEARN SOME USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY!

THE NAME GAME

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SERIES OF FAMOUS NAMES WITH MEANING

STORY TIME

JOKES, ANECDOTES AND STORIES AS TOLD BY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS

Swimming

LEARN SOME USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Swimming

IF YOU “SLIP”, YOU FALL, OFTEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOST

How to interrupt

This month we’re looking at ways of interrupting someone. Next month, we’re looking at how to deal with interruptions

Phrasal Verb Particles

Find out how the particles (prepositions / adverbs) can really help you understand phrasal verbs. More next month!

PHOTO MAGIC

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

Quiz Time

Winners and losers in a quiz game

LEARN 8 REALLY USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS!

HEALTH AND SICKNESS

PHRASAL VERBS CONVERSATION TIME OFF WORK!

SEE THE AUDIO SCRIPT PAGE FOR THE TEXT FOR THE

LET’S PRACTISE!

HERE ARE SOME EXERCISES TO HELP YOU LEARN THE PHRASAL VERBS

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979-1990. Her time in office was full of drama and division. Love her or hate her, one thing is for sure: she left a permanent mark on Britain... and perhaps the world

the 1980s

How do you sum up a decade? Especially one as exciting as the 1980s? Step into the Hot English time machine and let’s go back to the 1980s

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep is Hollywood royalty. She’s played everything from a coffee plantation owner in Kenya, to a hotel owner in Greece to a ruthless magazine editor in Manhattan. Here are some of the highlights of her career

The Iron Lady

She was probably Britain’s most controversial prime minister. And there’s a fantastic film about her life

The New Zealand English Accent

The modern accents of New Zealand have come from Australian English, British English, Irish English, Scottish English and Maori

WORD OF THE MONTH alliteration

THIS MONTH’S WORD OF THE MONTH IS: ALLITERATION

Music Videos

A brief history of music videos

Curb your Enthusiasm

The show that saved someone’s life

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SAY THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

FILM & TV SCRIPTS

In this section, we look at short clips from films or TV shows. This month: Frankenstein

FLOOR IDIOMS

This month we’re looking at some “floor” idioms

Hand Gestures

This is another part in our mini-series on hand gestures. Do these gestures mean the same in your language?