Hey, English speaker! Congratulations. You speak a language that straddles the globe like nothing before. Statistically, English is unlikely to be your first language and you are likely to be from an educated background. Again, congratulations. Here are ten things that you may not have known about this wonderful language of ours: 1. It is the only major language without an academy to guide it L’Académie française, based in Paris, is in charge of overseeing the French language. Part of its job is suggesting alternatives for the English words that are pouring into French. That’s how email became courriel, for example (although you will still hear it called e-mail in French). For Spanish there is the Real Academia Española. German has the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung. There is no equivalent to L’Académie for English. Of the 10 most-widely spoken languages in the world, only English has no academy guiding it. There are political reasons for this. The closest Britain ever came to having...
In my experience, IELTS students seem to focus less on grammar than other areas. This is probably because it’s not very fun and it takes a long time to improve.But here are six reasons to motivate you to open those grammar books! 1. Too Many Basic Mistakes are Very Bad for your IELTS Score. Let’s be honest, grammar is worth 25% of your writing and speaking marks , which is a lot. If you know that you make a lot of mistakes in your speaking or writing but you don’t do anything about it, that isn’t a very smart strategy. It’s really easy for an examiner to notice basic grammar mistakes so there’s no chance of avoiding losing marks for them. Also, if you make a lot of basic grammar errors, it will be really easy to spot as it will make it difficult for the examiner to follow your ideas. So this will mean you end up with a grammar score of 5 or worse. You should identify your common mistakes and then study and practise these areas. If you don’t know your common mistakes...
Part 1 Are you happy to be the age you are now? When you were a child, did you think a lot about your future? Do you think you have changed as you have got older? What will be different about your life in the future? Part 2 Describe a time when you started using a new technological device (e.g new computer or phone) You should say: What device you started using Why you started using this device How easy or difficult it was to use And explain how helpful this device was to you. Part 3 Technology and education What is the best age for children to start computer lessons? Do you think that schools should use more technology to help children learn? Do you agree or disagree that computers will replace teachers one day? Technology and society How much has technology improved how we communicate with each other? Do you agree that there are still many more major technological innovations to be made? Could you suggest some reasons why some people are deciding to reduce their use of technology? MO...
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