SPEC English Lab

30/10/2022

Aha moment of the day 😮

"s, c, z" are unvoiced.

"c" = aspirated [tsh]
"z" = unaspirated [ts], not voiced like English "z"

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30/10/2022

11/12/2021

📢Invoke vs. 🔥Evoke

11/08/2021

Writing an academic essay is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Essay Question: People spend a major part of their adult like at work, and job satisfaction is an important part of individual well-being. What contributes to a person feeling satisfied at work? Ho…

22/05/2021

☕ [Original] Sinful molten chocolate over a gooey chocolate truffle cake.

🌐 [Google Translate] Sô cô la nóng chảy đầy tội lỗi trên một chiếc bánh kẹo sô cô la béo ngậy.

💃 [Human Touch] Sô-cô-la tan chảy phủ lên vỏ bánh ga-tô sô-cô-la vị nấm truffle tươi mềm, ngon khó cưỡng.

22/05/2021

"When we talk about things in the future that we have already planned and arranged to do, we use the present continuous. We often use only small selection of verbs to communicate this. eg go out; see; visit; meet; stay; come; go; have."

"We see our plans as being temporary – the plan will begin when we write it down into our diary and then end when we’ve completed the whole action. However in the case of timetabled events, we see these as being permanent and therefore we use the present simple."

Examples:
- What are you doing tonight?
- I’m taking Amanda Righetti to the cinema tonight. The film starts at 7:30.

Expressing future time in English can be confusing for many students. However here are some basic principles which can help you understand better which grammatical forms native English speakers cho…

21/05/2021

☕[English] Sinful molten chocolate over a gooey Chocolate truffle cake.

🌐[Google Translate] Sôcôla nóng chảy đầy tội lỗi trên một chiếc bánh Truffle Sôcôla béo ngậy.

💃[Human Touch] Sô-cô-la tan chảy phủ lên bề mặt bánh ga-tô sô-cô-la vị truffle tươi mềm, ngon khó cưỡng.

17/05/2021

"When we talk about things in the future that we have already planned and arranged to do, we use the present continuous. We often use only small selection of verbs to communicate this. eg go out; see; visit; meet; stay; come; go; have."

"We see our plans as being temporary – the plan will begin when we write it down into our diary and then end when we’ve completed the whole action. However in the case of timetabled events, we see these as being permanent and therefore we use the present simple."

E.g
- What are you doing tonight?
- I'm taking Amanda Righetti to the cinema tonight. The film starts at 7:30.

Source:

Expressing future time in English can be confusing for many students. However here are some basic principles which can help you understand better which grammatical forms native English speakers cho…

02/03/2021

What happened when you transliterate Vietnamese fish names to English? We saw this and can't stop laughing. Actual names below if you don't know them 🤣

Dịch nghĩa tên động vật từ tiếng Việt sang tiếng Anh thì sao ta 😂

Hà mã : river pony -
Cá mập: fat fish -
Chim cánh cụt: amputee winged bird -
Cá heo: pig fish -
Hải cẩu: sea dog -
Cá voi: elephant fish -

21/01/2021

Can you find 6 hidden words in each picture below? 😎

Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/find-words-challenge/