Listening for Gist — The First Listen
B1 · 5 min Listening for Gist — The First Listen Get the big picture before hunting for details From Sourov’s world: Working at Star Casino in Sydney…
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Fixed Expressions and Idioms of Feeling (B2)
B2 · 5 min Idioms of Feeling The strange, beautiful ways English describes emotion From Sourov’s world: When I moved from Sydney to Saint-Pierre in La Réunion to…
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B2 · 5 min Word Families Learn one root word and unlock an entire family of four From Sourov’s world: When I was preparing for IELTS as an…
Second Conditional — Imagining a Different Life (B1)
B1 · 5 min The Second Conditional Talk about imaginary situations in the present or future — and what would happen From Sourov’s world: I sometimes catch myself…
Phrasal Verbs for the Workplace (B1)
B1 · 5 min Phrasal Verbs for the Workplace The everyday work verbs that textbooks don’t always teach you From Sourov’s world: Working at Star Casino in Sydney,…
Modals of Deduction — Must, Can’t & Might (B2)
B2 · 5 min Modals of Deduction Use must, can’t and might to say how certain you are — without guessing wildly From Sourov’s world: As a sommelier…
Collocations: Verb + Noun — The Words That Travel Together (B1)
B1 · 5 min Collocations: Verb + Noun The words that always travel together — get them right, sound natural From Sourov’s world: In hospitality, you MAKE a…
Present Perfect vs Simple Past — ‘Have You Ever…?’ (B1)
B1 · 5 min Present Perfect vs Simple Past Know when to use have done and when to use did — and never confuse them again From Sourov’s…
Collocations in English — Words That Go Together Naturally
🎯 B1–B2 ⏱️ 5 min 💬 Why your English sometimes sounds “off”: A student once told me she “did a mistake.” She knew the vocabulary. She knew the…
Inferring Meaning from Context — A Reader’s Detective Guide 🔍
🎯 B2 ⏱️ 5 min 💬 The detective approach: I learned this skill when reading French — I didn’t look up every unknown word. I asked: what must…