If you want to sound more natural in English, there’s one technique I always come back to: shadowing. In this
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What happens when you mix a brand-new James Bond game with an English lesson? You get one of my favourite
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There’s something magical about the opening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and the 2001 PC game has a
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Some English expressions look almost the same but mean different things, and that’s exactly where C1 learners get caught out.
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I’m sitting the EduSynch CEFR test myself, and I’m aiming for C1. So I decided to prepare for it live,
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“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.” What an opening line. In this episode we go through
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“I’m so boring.” Have you ever said that when you meant “I’m so bored”? If you have, don’t worry. It’s
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Though, thorough, thought, through, throughout. Five words that look almost identical and sound completely different. If you’ve ever stared at
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Can you learn English by playing a video game? Absolutely, especially when it’s set at Hogwarts and full of British
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Short stories are one of my favourite ways to learn English: they’re short enough to finish, but full of real
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