Present Perfect: Connecting Past to Now (B1)
⏱ 5 MINUTES | 📊 B1 | 📚 GRAMMAR Present Perfect: Connecting Past to Now (B1) 🎙 From the classroom: After years in Sydney, I moved to France,…
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English Teaching July 23, 2026
Neighbours and Community: Social English in a New Place
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Neighbours and Community: Social English in a New Place 🏘️ From my notebook: My neighbour in Strathfield was a Greek-Australian woman in…
English Teaching July 23, 2026
Asking for Help: Polite English When You Don’t Understand
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Asking for Help: Polite English When You Don’t Understand 🙋 From my notebook: For the first two years in Sydney I nodded…
July 22, 2026
Understanding Australian English: Accents and Slang
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Understanding Australian English: Accents and Slang 🦘 From my notebook: My English teacher in Dhaka taught me British English. When I landed…
English Teaching July 22, 2026
Finding a Place to Live: Renting English for New Countries
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Finding a Place to Live: Renting English for New Countries 🏠 From my notebook: Finding my first room in Strathfield, Sydney, took…
English Teaching July 22, 2026
Writing a Menu: How to Describe Food in English
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Writing a Menu: How to Describe Food in English 📋 From my notebook: At Popolo in Sydney, I helped rewrite part of…
English Teaching July 22, 2026
Dealing with Complaints: Staying Calm in English
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Dealing with Complaints: Staying Calm in English 😤 From my notebook: A customer once threw a menu at me in a busy…
English Teaching July 22, 2026
Taste in Words: Describing Wine Like a Sommelier
⏱ 5 MIN · CEFR B1 Taste in Words: Describing Wine Like a Sommelier 🍷 From my notebook: At Uccello in Sydney, I once described a Barossa Shiraz…