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Jeffrey Hill
EM Normandie, Le Havre, France
Interests: Cycling, watching movies, listening to podcasts, taking photos, blogging
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson Eight — Restaurant Meal
This is the video for lesson eight of my Everyday English for ESL course, which is available on Udemy. In this lesson a couple order a meal at a restaurant. You can see the course description below, and find the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2017 at The English Blog
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Site of the Day — The Times in Plain English
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The Times in Plain English is a free online newspaper that features stories based on articles from the New York Times and other top American newspapers. 'Plain' here means 'easy to understand', and the stories are freshly written to reflect... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson Seven — The Weekend
This is lesson seven of my Everyday English for ESL course, which is available on Udemy. In this lesson two work colleagues discuss what they did at the weekend. You can see the course description below, and find the previous... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2017 at The English Blog
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Free Online TOEIC Practice Test
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There are lots of TOEIC preparation resources available for free on the internet (you can see my own list here), but there's only one official practice test, and that's the one from ETS, the organization behind the TOEIC. This is... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson 6 — Returning Goods
This is lesson six of my Everyday English for ESL course, in which a customer returns a pair of shoes to a shop. You can download a free 10-page PDF workbook to accompany the lesson, and see the course description... Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2017 at The English Blog
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Guest Post: Skype English Classes vs. Traditional English Classes
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With internet access becoming cheaper and more accessible, more and more students are turning to online English lessons with Skype to improve their English skills rather than signing up for courses in traditional academies. When considering which type is best... Continue reading
Posted Jul 23, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson 5 — Cookie Recipe
Here's lesson 5 of my Everyday English for ESL course. This lesson features a recipe for cookies. You can download a free ten-page PDF workbook for this lesson here. COURSE DESCRIPTION Do you already have a basic knowledge of English,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2017 at The English Blog
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Site of the Day — Read Listen Learn
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Reading is one of the four main skills that learners of English need to improve (the others being Listening, Speaking, and Writing), but it's not always easy to find interesting reading material at the right level. Most of the main... Continue reading
Posted Jul 17, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson 4 — Airport Check-in
Here's the fourth lesson of in my Everyday English for ESL course on YouTube. In this lesson, a passenger checks in at the airport. You can download the PDF file for this lesson, and view the course description below. COURSE... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2017 at The English Blog
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Cartoon — Trump to Visit Paris
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This cartoon by Peter Brookes from The Times relates to the announcement that President Trump will visit France in July. BACKGROUND Donald Trump will attend France’s Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on 14 July, after accepting an invitation from the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2017 at The English Blog
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Site of the Day — Gif Lingua
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Everyone is familiar with GIFs. A GIF is basically an image file format that is animated by combining several other images or frames into a single file. GIFs are all over the Internet on blogs and social media, and are... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2017 at The English Blog
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Slideshow: 50 Photos for ESL Activities
Photos are a great way for promoting discussion in the ESL classroom, and here's a selection I put together for my EM Normandie students. The original idea was to use the photos to practise Part One of the TOEIC Listening... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2017 at The English Blog
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Music Video: Artists For Grenfell — "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
This is the official video for the Artists For Grenfell's charity single "Bridge Over Troubled Water". You can find a full list of all the artists involved here. Related articles Simon Cowell to release Grenfell Tower charity single on Wednesday... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2017 at The English Blog
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Thanks for your comment. It does seem like a useful tool - and it can only get better, one imagines.
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Site of the Day — Write & Improve
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DESCRIPTION Write & Improve is a free service from Cambridge English for learners to practise their written English. Submit your written work and receive feedback in seconds, covering spelling, vocabulary, grammar and general style. There are a number of free... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2017 at The English Blog
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Learn English Online Promo Video
Here's a promo video for my new Learn English Online site. DESCRIPTION Learn English Online (http://www.learnenglishonline.net) is a directory of the best resources available on the internet for learning English as a second or foreign language. You will find over... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson 3 — Hair Appointment
Here's the third lesson of my Everyday English for ESL course. You can download the PDF file for this lesson here, and view the course description below. COURSE DESCRIPTION Do you already have a basic knowledge of English, but want... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2017 at The English Blog
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Cartoon: Playing with Fire
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This cartoon by Peter Brookes from The Times relates to the the tragic fire disaster in a London tower block, and illustrates a common English idiom: to play with fire. COMMENTARY The cartoon shows a number of tower blocks (or... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2017 at The English Blog
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Video: 26 Ways to Learn English for Free
Here's a great video from Simple English Videos that I'm adding to my Learn English Online website in the How To Learn English category. You can find the resources mentioned in the video, including free Readers and Audiobooks, here. Related... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2017 at The English Blog
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Learn English Online — The Website
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When I began teaching English at the end of the 1970s, the internet as we know it today did not exist. English teaching and learning materials were almost exclusively physical, i.e., books and audiocassettes, though of course we did have... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2017 at The English Blog
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Slideshow: UK General Election 2017 Cartoons
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm a big fan of editorial cartoons and often use them as a starting point for discussion and/or to illustrate language points in my classes. Anyway, the big news story in the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2017 at The English Blog
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General election UK front pages – in pictures
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Newspaper headlines often feature puns, wordplay, and idioms and provide an excellent source of material for language discussion. The shock outcome of the UK general election has had the headline writers working overtime and the results can be seen in... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2017 at The English Blog
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Everyday English for ESL — Lesson 2 — At the Doctor's
Here's the second lesson of my Everyday English for ESL course. You can download the PDF file for this lesson here, and view the course description below. COURSE DESCRIPTION Do you already have a basic knowledge of English, but want... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2017 at The English Blog
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Video: The UK Election Explained
Here's a good video from the Financial Times that explains the UK General Election, scheduled to take place on June 8th. Related articles Theresa May has promised to boost the rights of workers more than 'any Conservative government in history'... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2017 at The English Blog
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App of the Day — SmartEnglish by EM Normandie
Here's a new promo video for SmartEnglish by EM Normandie, our school's 100% free app for learning English. Download it today! Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2017 at The English Blog
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