Dec
14
The Curious Cook
December 14, 2006 | Comments Off
This lovely picture was drawn by Josh Gosfield and is published in the New York Times with an article by the Curious Cook, Harold McGee. Its title is When Science Sniffs Around the Kitchen*. Yes, just like all the other articles by McGee this one also focuses on the alchemy of cooking. And believe me, [...]
Dec
12
New Materials for English
December 12, 2006 | 1 Comment
Practise Your English for Tourism II is finally out! It contains 21 reading comprehension exercises and lots of exercises for practising tourism-related vocabulary. Key included!
It’s available for free download in Å IS.
P.S. [...]
Dec
4
Describing diagrams
December 4, 2006 | Comments Off
A few links for those who’d like to improve their writing skills.
Writing about graphs
Graphs and tables
Writing about graphs and charts
Interpreting graphs
Including charts and diagrams
IELTS Preparation (Holmesglen) (pdf)
Charts and graphs
Please choose a tourism-related diagram for your writing exercise.
Dec
4
Portfolio – Refreshing Brand Australia
December 4, 2006 | Comments Off
Thanks to all those students who informed me that the link to Brand Asutralia’s website was broken. I’m sorry the files are no longer available. The Australians have already changed their branding/marketing strategy. So instead of “a different light” they keep repeating the question “So where the bloody hell are you?”
If you’re interested in the [...]