von Susannah | Dienstag, Juni 23, 2020 | Practice, Practice Vocabulary
Do you know what a neologism is? Put together from the Greek neo-, ’new‘ and logos, ‚word‘, the term describes just what is sounds like: a newly minted word or expression. Most of the time, it is difficult or impossible to trace the origins of...
von Ioana Bianca Chiotoroiu | Donnerstag, Juni 18, 2020 | Practice, Practice Grammar
Using the right prepositions can be very tricky since some verbs can be used with several different prepositions and, depending on the combination, mean or stress completely different things. So, if you feel like training this skill, give the following exercise a try!...
von Susannah | Mittwoch, Dezember 11, 2019 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
Rhythm may sound like it is limited to music or perhaps poetry, but it is in fact one of the features used to describe all world languages. English has a specific kind of rhythm. Which rhythm, and what does it mean? You can find out in the post on rhythm, or first try...
von Merve Yilmaz | Dienstag, November 5, 2019 | Practice, Practice receptive skills
Within your literary studies, you will sooner or later be confronted with the task of finding rhetorical devices. You should be aware that it is not enough to simply find a stylistic device. More importantly, you should be able to explain its significance for the...
von Öykü Coskun | Mittwoch, Dezember 19, 2018 | Practice, Writing effectively
After you have read the articles about comparing and contrasting, you can now have a look at this exercise and try to match the expressions to the sentences! Text...