bits and bobs (British) : things or objects of different kinds
– There are just a few bits and bobs of furniture in the office.
– No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and bobs of information so far.
– The microscope contains a few hundred dollars-worth of electronic bits and bobs.
Sooner or later each person in the academic community faces the word count restrictions. And almost always that number would seem to be significantly smaller than a reasonable one you (or any other peer) would come up with. The rule of the game is very simple: meet the requirements. Realizing that none of us can change… Read More Fighting the word count
Some teachers manage to teach the language they cannot call their mother tongue in the countries they can not call their motherland. Non-natives teaching abroad: I’ve got this experience and I want to share it with you. Typology of English teachers Generally speaking, I would divide all English teachers into three categories: Speakers of other… Read More At Home Among Strangers
This post is written as the reflection of the article about different types of mistakes but, this time, based on language teaching. There is no better teacher than our own mistakes. They are memorable and push us to improvement. Let’s have a closer look. The stretch mistakes Students try to speak on the… Read More We need more mistakes
Фразовые глаголы. Головная боль всех, кто учит английский, и тема, которая выдаёт с головой даже тех, кто давно и успешно покоряет высоты advanced. Я долго искала, как же их учить и по какому материалу. Мой однозначный фаворит – The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book от Barron’s. Это именно учебник. Не словарь с парой упражнений, и не… Read More Фразовые глаголы и The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” – один из моих любимых фильмов. Если кратко, то это фильм о военной журналистке, которая приехала в Афганистан делать репортажи для американского канала. Про войну, бедность, местные нравы, о том, как там пытаются справиться с постоянным страхом. Рекомендую к просмотру. Первый раз я смотрела этот фильм с мужем приятным летним вечером в… Read More “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”.
Descriptions may be hard to deal with but they are enriching the writing so much that ignoring them is a crime against the reader’s perception and style. Cutting down on details will negatively affect not only the text perception but probably the final mark if it happens to be an exam writing. As a common… Read More Descriptive writing and our senses.
