Jan 14, 2015 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: What’re you doing later? Lots of very common chunks don’t get taught early enough in many course because they are seen as somehow being examples of ‘advanced’ grammar. For instance, this common question is often left out of Elementary and Pre-Intermediate courses due to the fact that it’s the present continuous with future reference. To us, this seems crazy […]
Nov 6, 2014 Chunk of the day, Chunks Chunk of the day: Just because . . . it doesn’t mean We’ve both often had students act more than a little surprised at our apparently un-English ways. Smiling and being friendly is often enough to start the questions about whether we’re not secretly from somewhere ‘abroad’. This particular chunk helps offer a good answer – and is also great for students themselves. Just because I’m Brazilian […]
