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Why Do We Say 'Merry' Just for Christmas?




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Capital Letters For Jobs


No....


Don't use capitals, if you are referring to a job role in general.

All associate directors will be allocated a line manager and a career coach.

Don’t use capitals where the title is being used as a description.

The chief executive is Jane Brown and the associate director is Paul Woods.

We have a new marketing intern.

I’ll need to ask our sales director.

I work as an architect.


Yes....

Use capitals where it is an actual title – just as you would on a business card or email signature.

Chief Executive Jane Brown and Paul Woods, Associate Director, were both late.

Attendee list:
Anna Collins, Editorial Director
Shazeen Iqbal, Chief Financial Officer
Pope Francis


Understand Your English Level



The Global standard for language levels is CEFR or Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

It is used for thirty-five different languages in almost every country. Most course books use the six levels A1 to C2.


LEVEL

A: Basic User
  • A1 Beginner/elementary
  • A2 Pre-intermediate

B: Independent User
  • B1 Intermediate
  • B2 Upper Intermediate

C: Proficient User
  • C1 Advanced
  • C2 Post-advanced

Do you know your level? Do a test or watch these videos of students. Which level do you think you are?



A2 Pre-intermediate


B1 Intermediate

B2 Upper Intermediate

C1 Advanced

C2 Post-advanced


If you don't know your level yet, try a test or call us to do an evaluation and interview.

How To Spell In English


English spelling is not so crazy, honestly! About 75% is regular and follows "spelling rules" and there are only about 400 completely irregular words, including although, answer, are, blood, castle, climb, cough, could, friend, gone, listen, move, none, of, once, shoe, where, and you.

You probably know these words because they are very very frequent. Others you will learn.

But what about those spelling rules? Here is an amazing infographic from www.hubspot.com to show you some examples and explain more.

Por que É Importante Aprender Os Símbolos Fonéticos


O objetivo da linguagem é a comunicação. Por isso, é importante aprender, expandir e refinar nosso conhecimento de vocabulário e gramática, é também muito importante se dedicar ao estudo da pronúncia. Os três componentes formam a base da língua e devem ser desenvolvidos em harmonia.

A pronúncia


Hábitos errados de pronúncia tornam a comunicação difícil ou até mesmo impossível. Por isso, estudamos a pronúncia, mas mesmo que você não tenha a intenção de ter uma pronúncia próxima a de um nativo, o estudo da pronúncia do inglês o ajudará a desenvolver uma boa compreensão auditiva e a entender mais facilmente conversas, músicas, filmes e TV em inglês.

Por que aprender os símbolos fonéticos?


1) É muito importante saber reconhecer os símbolos fonéticos para verificar a pronúncia correta de qualquer palavra no dicionário, mesmo sem a ajuda

do professor.

2) Você já percebeu que o soletrar do inglês tem pouca lógica. Em português, todos sabem que a pronúncia de “b + a” é “ba”. Se juntar mais duas sílabas “la” + “da”, temos “balada” e a pronúncia não muda.

Já em inglês, isso não é possível, pois a cada encontro de consoantes com vogais poderemos ter sons diferentes. Vejamos alguns exemplos de palavras que trazem o encontro de “e” + “a” em inglês: great /ɡreɪt/ (ótimo), meat /miːt/ (carne), bread /bred/ (pão). Como não se pode generalizar os padrões de pronúncia em inglês, só resta aprender a pronúncia das palavras individualmente, sempre com o auxílio dos símbolos fonéticos de um bom dicionário.

3) Nem sempre conseguimos identificar e reproduzir a pronúncia correta de uma palavra apenas ao ouvi-la. Assim, os símbolos fonéticos representam um recurso complementar que nos ajuda a visualizar a pronúncia correta, nos permitindo “enxergar” detalhes que o ouvido não seria capaz de captar naturalmente. É impressionante como nos surpreendemos quando consultamos no dicionário a pronúncia de palavras tidas como básicas e já conhecidas em inglês.


Como aprender os símbolos

Caso você esteja achando os símbolos fonéticos difíceis, calma! Em primeiro lugar, a grande maioria dos símbolos se assemelha à grafia do alfabeto. Apenas alguns sons são representados por símbolos diferentes. Em segundo lugar, a habilidade de reconhecer e reproduzir os sons em símbolos fonéticos é algo que se aprende a longo prazo. Primeiro, você irá reconhecer os símbolos mais fáceis, que se parecem com as letras do alfabeto. Depois, com exercícios específicos de consulta ao dicionário, você irá se familiarizar com os símbolos a ponto de reconhecê-los e até mesmo reproduzi-los para fazer suas anotações de palavras novas ou pronúncia específica. O importante é reconhecer a importância dos símbolos fonéticos e curtir cada etapa do seu aprendizado.



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British versus American Dictionary


British and American English can spell the same word differently, for example: labour/labor, centre/center

And many times, British and American English use different words, like two different languages!

Here is a list of words and expressions to help you. Don't forget, you can click on any word in the two columns to see a definition.


British English                 


American English
accommodations
instant replay
airfoil
airplane
advice columnist
Allen wrench
aluminum
anise
counterclockwise
tractor-trailer
uneven bars
eggplant
cookie sheet
legal holiday
beet(s)
check
cookie; cracker
underground economy
sponge bath
(window) shade
apartment building
coveralls
hood
tube top
trunk
hope chest
lawn bowling
suspenders
headcheese
breakdown van
tow truck
cinder block
bridge loan
fanny pack
cotton candy
parking lot
emergency room
slingshot
median strip
drugstore
French fries
movie theater; the movies
plastic wrap
harbor seal
durable goods
cornstarch
Romaine
crib
crib death
cotton swab
absorbent cotton
(housing) project
zucchini
face card
guardrail
chips; potato chips
alligator clip
bias-ply
quarter note
checking account
hazard pay
defroster
dial tone
rhinestone
heavy cream
checkers
thumbtack
robe; bathrobe
drunk driving
drinks cupboard
liquor cabinet
drinks party
cocktail party
driver’s license
divided highway
dummy (for a baby)
pacifier
drop cloth
garbage can
earth (electrical)
ground
engaged (of a phone)
busy
real estate agent, realtor (trademark)
station wagon
unlisted
parochial school
fiscal year
fire company/department
second floor
fish stick
fitted carpet
wall-to-wall carpeting
washcloth
apartment
flextime
switchblade
overpass
soccer
sidewalk
fringe (hair)
bangs
full board (in hotels)
American plan
full stop (punctuation)
period
yard; lawn
gearing (finance)
leverage
gearshift
goods train
freight train
wax paper/waxed paper
green thumb
grill (noun)
broiler
grill (verb)
broil
first floor
groundskeeper
barrette
hatrack
bachelorette party
installment plan
billboard
stovetop
carryall
vacation
vacationer
homey
(garden) hose
in hospital
in the hospital
hot flash
housing development
sprinkles (for ice cream)
Popsicle (trademark)
confectioners’ sugar
indicator (on a car)
turn signal
inseam
jelly beans
Joe Blow
John Q. Public
rummage sale
jumper cable
sweater
elementary school
doghouse
ladybug
a lettuce
a head of lettuce
grade crossing
elevator
Popsicle (trademark)
crossing guard
loo (toilet)
john
slipcover
truck
bullhorn
flatbed truck
grab bag
luggage van
baggage car
corn
snow pea
truck farm
railroad yard
math
paved road
odometer
minim (music)
half note
cell phone
monkeyshines
expressway; highway
mom/mommy
diaper
pinwale
newscaster
tic-tac-toe
license plate
liquor store; package store
open-pit mining
common stock
oven mitt
wading pool
acetaminophen
parting (in hair)
part
solitaire
sidewalk
pay envelope
crosswalk
clothespin
valance
gas; gasoline
physical therapy
jumper
dark chocolate
all-purpose flour
turtleneck
reverse discrimination
absentee ballot
mailbox
zip code
potato chip
power point
electrical outlet
baby carriage; stroller
snap
pushup
GI
private school
public transportation
punching bag
stroller
utility pole
estimator
quaver (music)
eighth note
line
race car
railroad
court tennis
certified mail
license plate
remould (tyre)
retread
call collect
back-up lights
right triangle
beltway
European plan
roundabout (at a fair)
carousel
roundabout (in road)
traffic circle
rowboat
sailboat
saloon (car)
sedan
sandbox
sandwich cake
layer cake
sanitary napkin
self-rising flour
semibreve (music)
whole note
semitone (music)
half step
stock option
shopping cart
model home
silencer (on a car)
muffler
rump roast
skeleton in the closet
skim milk
jump rope
baseboard
sled
railroad tie
silent partner
slowpoke
chutes and ladders
lawyer
soy/soybean
backsplash
green onion
bachelor party
utility knife
appetizer
public school
tempest in a teapot
supertitle
rutabaga
candy
takeaway (food)
takeout; to go
taxi stand
dish towel
row house
check mark
scalper
pantyhose
lumber
tidbit
candy apple
knock on wood
labor union
industrial park
sneakers
streetcar; cable car
truck stop
shopping cart
twelve-gauge
unlike
subway
thermos bottle
verge (of a road)
shoulder
undershirt
veterinarian
wagon (on a train)
car
vest
walker
closet
Italian ice
clapboard
white coffee
coffee with cream
mineral spirits
wholewheat bread
windbreaker
windshield
wing (of a car)
fender
countertop
cylinder lock
crosswalk
zed (letter Z)
zee
zipper

List also available at www.oxforddictionaries.com


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