In minimal pair activity we listen to the difference between Sue and ‘shoe’, and maybe learn how to say “Sue’s shoe!” Continue reading
IELTS
Minimal pairs /e/ , /eɪ/
Comparing the short /e/, and the diphthong /eɪ/. Click or touch the sound you hear! Continue reading
Thinking Creatively – IELTS Listening Section 4
You will hear a researcher talking about the importance of ‘creative thinking’, both in the workplace and in our personal lives. Continue reading
Experts on human behaviour (2/2)
This is the second part of a two-part activity! The first part is available here. Continue reading
Numbers Bingo
IELTS Listening tests (Section 1) always feature ambiguous sounding numbers. Here’s a practice activity focusing on teens and tens! Continue reading
Aloneness, loneliness, solitude
A social scientist believes that although being alone can make people feel lonely, it can also have some positive effects! Continue reading
Chimpanzee nests and human evolution
You will hear a researcher talking about how studying the beds made by chimpanzees can help us to understand how modern humans evolved. Continue reading
AI will make you smarter!
You will hear a university professor talking about Artificial Intelligence and making predictions about how AI might make us smarter in the future. Continue reading
Cost or costs?
In the metal and mining sector, companies are facing significant problems (Hopwood, 2018). For example, they face increasing production cost due to the rapid development of new mining technologies.
Like much basic vocabulary in the field of economics, cost is a difficult word! First of all this is one of those words that can be countable and uncountable, and secondly there are some usage peculiarities with each. Continue reading
Vocabulary in.. Reading scientific papers
Read about how to read a scientific paper, and pick up ten new vocabulary items along the way. Test your new vocab using the flashcards on this page! Continue reading