What Lockdown or Quarantine does to your English:
Help? Yes, but only if you do the right thing!
For people who use English as a second language, the lockdown period can badly affect your English proficiency if you don’t take steps to maintain it.
Topics: Learn english, ISLPR, English as a second language, Speaking Skills, preparation, tips, tools, Reading skills, Activities, practise, onlineclass, englishclass, English Blog, Listening Skills, ABC Radio, book online, Coronavirus, COVID-19, writing skills
What Lockdown or Quarantine does to your English:
Help? Yes, but only if you do the right thing!
For people who use English as a second language, the lockdown period can badly affect your English proficiency if you don’t take steps to maintain it.
Topics: Learn english, ISLPR, English as a second language, preparation, tips, tools, Reading test, Reading skills, Activities, practise, onlineclass, englishclass, English Blog, ABC Radio, book online, Coronavirus, COVID-19
Semi-colons (;) have two common functions. First, a semi-colon is like a weak full-stop and separates two closely related sentences, e.g. It is raining heavily; we can’t go out.
Second, a semi-colon is used in a list instead of a comma where one or more of the items contains a comma, e.g.
Topics: Learn english, ISLPR, English as a second language, Speaking Skills, Macro skills, preparation, tips, tools, Reading skills, Workbook, practise, onlineclass, englishclass
Prepositions used with time expressions often cause problems. Here are some commonly used prepositions and situations in which they are used.
Topics: Learn english, ISLPR, Language test, Personalised testing, customised testing, English as a second language, English test, individual tests, Speaking Skills, Speaking Test, Macro skills, preparation, tips, tools, Reading test, Reading skills, Listening Test, Writing Test, Activities, practise, onlineclass
Dr David Ingram, (the co-creator of the ISLPR test and the original IELTS testing system) recently hosted an online lecture to help ESL learners improve their reading and writing skills.
Topics: ISLPR, English as a second language, Macro skills, preparation, tips, tools, Reading test, Reading skills, Writing Test, Workbook, Activities, practise, webinar, onlineclass, englishclass
