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Welcome! This site is for students to practice their English and keep up to date with environmental issues.

TEN MINUTES OF ENGLISH A DAY!
You can find a mixture of reading, crosswords, videos and short English lessons: these will normally be vocabulary, but I may also treat you to some grammar!

There are now over 260 lessons on this blog. Look through the Blog archive, Post labels and Popular Posts to find what you want.

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''Let nature be your teacher''
William Wordsworth, poet, 1770-1850

''Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift''
Albert Einstein, physicist, 1879-1955

''... to find the word, or words, by which [an] idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed''
P.M. Roget, lexicographer, 1779-1869

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Intensive English homestay courses

Looking for an intensive English course this summer?

I can recommend English Steps:

  • Live with a qualified English teacher and other adult students. in an English-speaking house.
  • 17.5 hours of intensive English lessons per week - maximum class size of 4.
  • Work for charities, NGOs and other organisations in the afternoons with native English speakers.
  • Go on trips, activities and extra courses with native English speakers in the afternoons and evenings.
  • Free accommodation in your own room in Leeds, UK.
  • Minimum stay 1 week. There is no maximum stay.
For more information, go to the English Steps website or their Facebook page.