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Alcohol and Drinking
Let’s talk about books and reading. Answer thought provoking questions and study some model answers to learn relevant and practical language.
Books and reading
Let’s talk about books and reading. Answer thought provoking questions and study some model answers to learn relevant and practical language.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Discover David Attenborough’s message on climate change. Watch a trailer and explore the causes of today’s environmental challenges.
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Alcohol and Drinking
Let’s talk about books and reading. Answer thought provoking questions and study some model answers to learn relevant and practical language.
Books and reading
Let’s talk about books and reading. Answer thought provoking questions and study some model answers to learn relevant and practical language.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Discover David Attenborough’s message on climate change. Watch a trailer and explore the causes of today’s environmental challenges.
How Language Is Changing Today
Discover how social media, music, and online culture shape modern English through words like rizz, ghost, flex, and delulu.
How to talk about weather
“It’s a horrible day, isn’t it?” – we talk about the weather almost every day. Learn how to do it using practical and natural words and expressions.
Speaking Cards – Breaking the ice
Use this lesson to get to know each other better. It contains 50 discussion questions that are perfect for a friendly conversation.
Language of recommending, suggesting and giving advice
Test Your English series – this test checks the language of recommending, suggesting and giving advice.
40 rules for life
Daniel Pink’s 40 rules for life is a special lesson. It’s a wonderful and insightful collection of advice on life that we’d all do well to follow.
Secrets of Adulthood
Simple truths for our complex lives. This lesson is based on a book by Gretchen Rubin.
Managing up
How can an employee manage their bosses? They need to learn how to manage up. That’s what this lesson is about.
Black Box Thinking
Mistakes can be our greatest teachers – if we learn from them. Black Box Thinking shows how embracing failure leads to real progress. Are you making the most of your mistakes?
So you want to be an architect – part 1
Learn what it means to be an architect from Doug Patt. Did you know that an architect is also an inventor?
Leverage Points – How to get unstuck in work and life – Dan Heath
Learn six ways you can fix what is not working well according to Dan Heath, the author or Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working.
Idioms with brain and mind and left-right brain dominance
This lesson teaches some cool idioms with brain and mind and explores the topic of left-right brain dominance.
Testujemy Metody – Comparative and superlative adjectives
SPECIAL LESSON – Test six ways of learning grammar. Become an expert at creating and using comparative and superlative adjectives.
Why we work so much
Why do we work so much? What can history of work ethic teach us about the reasons for our busy working lives?
Idioms and metaphors – Happiness is Yellow
How to talk about happiness in English? Actually, you will be surprised how many idioms and metaphors there are to talk about being happy in English.
Try something new for 30 days by Matt Cutts
Have you heard about 30-dat challenges? Here’s a TED talk about this fun idea presented by Matt Cutts.
Personal Brand: Four Principles of Distinction by William Arruda
Learn four principles of managing your personal brand from the pioneer of the topic: William Arruda.
Grit by Angela Duckworth
What is a better predictor of success – talent or effort? This lesson answers this crucial question. It is based on a book by Angela Duckworth “Grit”.
5 Ways People Are Dumb With Money
This lesson is about how people make predictable financial mistakes. It discusses five common financial mistakes: the endowment effect, the sunk cost fallacy, transaction utility, mental accounting, and the tendency to spend unexpected income on frivolous things.
Top 5 Communication Skills You Need
What are the top 5 skills you should master to elevate your career to the next level? Learn the answer from this lesson based on a video by Alex Lyon.
Are you following your dream
This lesson follows a story of two people, Daisy and Herman, who followed their dreams. It is based on the 6 Minute English podcast from BBC Learning English
How 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
Silence your inner critic during an interview
Do you know who is your worst enemy during a job interview? Susan Peppercorn believes that it is your inner critic. Learn how to silence it in this lesson based on HBR Management Tip
Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want
Ever thought if you could apply business strategy principles to your own life? That’s exactly what this lesson is based on. It’s video by Michael Bungay Stanier from Harvard Business Review
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?