Here you can find the first part of Steve Jobs's iPhone product launch speech.
Here you can find Barack Obama's inauguration speech.
In both of them, please pay attention to the usage of the lists of three and the rule of 3s.
Here is a stream where the rule of 3s is explained among other useful tips on making presentations.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Gerund vs. infinitive
Numerous exercises on gerund vs. infinitive along with their key
are hereby made available for you to have access at your
convenience. You can also find the list of verbs used with gerund
and/or infinitive here.
Here you can find more information and exercises on the same topic.
Here you can find more information and exercises on the same topic.
American vs. British English
Here you can find a list of the main differences between American and British English. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murph)
Tenses and key words
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Interviews
Here you can have access to the BBC webpage on interviews.
Here are the questions we came up with during our last session:
- Tell us about yourself in five minutes.
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Why have you decided to leave your current job?
- Why did you leave your last job?
- Why are applying for this position?
- What is your approach to conflict resolution?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 - 10 years?
- Why should we hire you?
- What can you contribute to our organisation?
- What did you do during the gap in your CV?
- What do you consider to be your most significant accomplishment?
- What do you consider to be your biggest failure?
- Can you travel for business?
- Can you do overtime?
- What is your salary expectation?
Here are the questions we came up with during our last session:
- Tell us about yourself in five minutes.
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Why have you decided to leave your current job?
- Why did you leave your last job?
- Why are applying for this position?
- What is your approach to conflict resolution?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 - 10 years?
- Why should we hire you?
- What can you contribute to our organisation?
- What did you do during the gap in your CV?
- What do you consider to be your most significant accomplishment?
- What do you consider to be your biggest failure?
- Can you travel for business?
- Can you do overtime?
- What is your salary expectation?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Present continuous and present perfect continuous tenses
Here are the links to two exercises on the present continuous and present perfect continuous tenses:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs9.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs9.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm
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