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What's the difference between 'deal with' and 'cope with'?

Escrito por British School el 28 de Enero de 2016 en la categoría Uso del inglés

What's the difference between 'deal with' and 'cope with'? -- Firstly, to deal with means: 1 - to take action to do something, especially to solve a problem (In these cases it is not possible to use cope with). Nick's parents had to deal with the mess his friends had made of the living room. Record companies haven't yet found a way to deal with Internet piracy. Nina's responsible for dealing with customer complaints. 2 - to accept and control a difficult... seguir leyendo

Los tiempos verbales en inglés

Escrito por British School el 9 de Octubre de 2015 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Los tiempos verbales en inglés --  De vez en cuando hay que repasar las cosas básicas. Aquí puedes descargar un PDF para ayudarte recordar como y cuando usar los tiempos verbales más comunes en inglés. seguir leyendo

The real difference between some and any.

Escrito por British School el 28 de Agosto de 2018 en la categoría Uso del inglés

The real difference between some and any. -- Textbooks generally present the difference between some and any with the rule, 'Use some for positive sentences and any for negatives and questions.' And everyone's happy. The teacher's happy because he's given a simple explanation of something students often have trouble with and the students are happy because they have a simple rule to follow and they'll never make a mistake with some and any... seguir leyendo

Why is my English not improving?

Escrito por British School el 10 de Junio de 2015 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Why is my English not improving? -- We've spoken before on this blog (here and here) about what students have to do to make sure that they are constantly improving and the danger of falling into the trap of thinking that just by attending class you are doing enough. The video below has the 7 main reasons why your English might not be improving as quickly as you might like.  Over the holidays you should be putting this advice... seguir leyendo

Verb Patterns: Infinitve or ing?

Escrito por British School el 13 de Abril de 2015 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Verb Patterns: Infinitve or ing? -- Here you haver an easy-reference table of verbs which take the gerund, infinitve or both. Using these verbs correctly makes your English sound much more natural as it's something natives do automatically, whereas learners tend to avoid using them. In fact, if we look at the previous sentence we can see the verbs: make, tend and avoid - all of which feature on the list! Click on the link below... seguir leyendo

British School 5 steps to success 6 week checklist

Escrito por British School el 11 de Noviembre de 2014 en la categoría Uso del inglés

British School 5 steps to success 6 week checklist -- Today we start week 6 of our course at British School, which is a good time to take a look at how you’re doing until now and ask whether you’re making the most of your studies. Have a look at our 5 steps to success – are you doing as much as you can? 1. Read and listen every day. There’s no excuse for not listening to or reading something in English every day. Think of your daily... seguir leyendo

Have you ever wondered why we work in pairs so much in English class?

Escrito por British School el 28 de Octubre de 2014 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Have you ever wondered why we work in pairs so much in English class? -- Let’s imagine you’re currently living in a non-English speaking country. Let’s also imagine you're lucky enough to be attending  2, 90-minute lessons in a class of 10 students - that's 180 minutes. Take off ten minutes for late arrivals, greetings and administration at the start and end of the lesson - that's 140 minutes left per week. The teacher might talk for about 30% of the... seguir leyendo

Lo que realmente quiere decir en inglés

Escrito por British School el 23 de Julio de 2014 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Lo que realmente quiere decir en inglés -- Los ingleses tienen la fama de ser educados y reservados y es verdad, lo son. Pero muchas veces esa educación les impide decir lo que realmente están pensando. Aquí tienes algunas frase claves para poder entender mejor los anglosajones tan enigmáticos. imagen de Qikipedia seguir leyendo

The least useful way to record language

Escrito por British School el 19 de Marzo de 2014 en la categoría Uso del inglés

The least useful way to record language -- The least useful way to record language is in an unorganised list of single words with translations. To know a word you need to know the meaning, connotation, collocation part of speech and most importantly, collocation. Most beginners know what ‘give’ and ‘hand’ mean and in millions of beginners notebooks all over the world these two words appear with their translations. But this is... seguir leyendo

Speaking Test Evaluation

Escrito por British School el 25 de Marzo de 2014 en la categoría Uso del inglés

Speaking Test Evaluation -- 1) First watch the videos of Ottavia and Hannah doing the FCE Speaking exam and, where appropriate, comment on their range of grammarrange of vocabularyfluencypronunciationinteraction2) What global mark would you give the candidates? 3) Compare your notes with the examiners notes under the video. 4) How does your speaking compare to Ottavia and Hanna’s’? What do you do well and what do you... seguir leyendo