Hill Wood Talen English Arnhem/Huissen

Teaching speaking skills 1 While it is a bit of an exaggeration, students clearly feel that classroom-based speaking practice does not prepare them for the real world.

Compare your reading of the poem with this video! Did you get 90% right?

The Chaos Of English Pronunciation by Gerard Nolst Trenité This is different. Even a native English speaker has to find this interesting. English must be a very old language, because how else could one explain the ra...

Now, who said English was simple?

If You Can Pronounce This Whole Poem, You Speak English Better Than 90% Of The Population Are you up for the challenge?

Bread, anyone?

Bread and butter

If something is your ‘bread and butter’ it is the way you make the money you need to live.
‘That online business is his bread and butter.’

A ‘breadwinner’ is the person who earns the salary in a family.
‘She is the only breadwinner in the house so she needs a good night’s sleep.’

‘Bread and water’ is the most minimal meal possible, and often used to describe a punishment or hardship.
‘If he gets in trouble again, it will be bread and water for a week.

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