LESSONS
Learning English is an important section of The Blue Tree.
By improving your grammar, everyday English, vocabulary range and your business English you open many doors to exciting new knowledge.
There is so much we can learn abou the world, people and ideas, but so much of this knowledge is still only available for people who speak English well.
List of areas
Learning English section is divided into five areas.
They will help you improve your business English skills, understand and use English grammar. You will also learn practical everyday English expressions. There are many lessons on vocabulary too. Finally, there are tests and quizzes which will help you see if you are making progress in your mastery of the English language.
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Business English
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English Grammar
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Everyday English
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Tests & Quizzes
WHAT'S NEW
Idioms with parts of the body
A Tale of Two Lives – story-based vocabulary test
General Vocabulary Test – diagnostic test
CATALOGUE OF LESSONS
Idioms with parts of the body
It’s amazing how many idioms with parts of the body there are in English. Check out this rather advanced lesson to learn some of them.
A Tale of Two Lives – story-based vocabulary test
First story-based vocabulary test. Read a story and answer some vocabulary questions along the way. Who said learning can’t be fun?
General Vocabulary Test – diagnostic test
Test your range of your general vocabulary. There are 50 items, from easier to more difficult. How many can you get right?
5 Ways People Are Dumb With Money
Idioms and metaphors: a project is a race
Idioms and metaphors: office is a battlefield
Do you have an Elizabeth in your organization
Talking picture – Rest
Talking picture – Friendship
Talking picture – age
How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science
I wish, if only, it’s time and would rather
How to talk about friends and friendship
How to Handle Four Common Types of Team Conflict
Meetings on the go
He lied to me – how to talk about being angry
What You Need to Have a Strong Executive Presence
Learn what you need to increase your chances of becoming a leader in your organisation. Follow the advice from the HBR article: “The New Rules of Executive Presence,” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Write an Effective Self-Assessment
How do you feel about yearly assessment meetings with your boss? It’s not easy to feel totally relaxed, is it? One thing that can help you here is writing an effective self-assessment yourself, before you meet your boss. This lesson will help you with just that. It is based on Harvard Business Review article.
TEST COLLOCATIONS WITH “MAKE” AND “DO”
Test collocations with “make” and “do”. There are 21 popular examples of collocations with “make” or “do”. Let’s see how many you already know.
Test your question tags – part 2
How good are you at using question tags?
Moods are weather
Learn to talk about moods. What do you say, for example, when you are a bit confused and not know which way to go?
Mars 500 mission
To Engage Your Team, Focus on Their Happiness
Are You Taking Work Too Personally?
Don’t use advanced English
Christian from Kangaroo English has an important message for learners of English. Don’t use advanced English.
Will she dump him
Follow a story of Ben and Maz. Is there a chance for them to save their relationship?
Helios. The Democratic Organisation
How would democratic principles work in a business context? Discuss the topic of a democratic organisation on the basis of a fragment from For All Mankind
Why everything you buy is worse now
A plan is not a strategy
What if we stopped making so much stuff?
A growing portion of climate activists and policy makers argue that reducing global economic activity – or degrowth – is the only way to save the planet.