Reloading the page gives you a randomised collection of common academic collocations. Can you guess the missing collocates? (more…)
Before you attempt to fill the gaps, discuss the following with a partner.
You will hear a researcher talking about the importance of ‘creative thinking’, both in the workplace and in our personal lives. (more…)
You will hear a researcher talking about how studying the beds made by chimpanzees can help us to understand how modern humans evolved. (more…)
You will hear a university professor talking about Artificial Intelligence and making predictions about how AI might make us smarter in the future. (more…)
The statistics show that until the early of 2018, Indonesian debt to GDP was below 30%.
It’s good to use early (and it’s opposite – late) to describe an approximate time of year or month. However, there is some grammar to think about. (more…)
With a friend – picture in your mind a banana, and then picture ‘freedom’. Compare your mental pictures with your partner’s. Then complete this summary!
Study the following rules relating to the various forms of the word ‘economy’.
There was confusion in class recently about the meaning of ‘sustainability’, so let’s take a few minutes out to get our heads around this extremely important social issue. Below is the opening of the Wikipedia entry on sustainability. Find out what sustainablity actually is and at the same time practice using articles!
A related practice activity focusing on the effects of plastic on the environment can be found here. And if you need ideas about how to choose articles to go with nouns, read this.
As usual, if you think an article isn’t needed, just leave the drop-down menu blank! (more…)