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Get digital: Use your iPhone or iPad to do IELTS / CAE / FCE practice tests!

A lot of students nowadays are using their iPhones and iPads as tools for helping them to learn English. It’s great that institutions such as Cambridge are making resources that we can use on our mobile devices. Are you an IELTS preparation student? Have you ever wanted to do more practice tests at home – […]

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Do you need ideas for authentic listening practice?

 “Teacher, how can I improve my English, specifically my listening skills?” “Teacher, the Australian accent is so difficult to understand – what can I do to practice?” If you are an English language student, I’m sure you may have asked your teacher one of the above questions at some time.  A lot of students have […]

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English Writing Class using QR codes

BROWNS English Language School steps inside one of our Pre Intermediate classrooms to take a look into their writing lesson using QR codes. This modern writing lesson gets students not only writing a report but also incorporates vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading (using QR codes) and grammar. Stay tuned for more coming soon.

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Punctuation …??!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

They are simple things. The period, or full stop (.) The Question mark (?) And the Exclamation mark (!) 3 small little marks – yet they can completely change the meaning of our sentences. Think about the meaning, and how you would say the following three sentences. Shannan is an amazing teacher.  Or Shannan is […]

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BROWNS Active8 Classes

As part of the BROWNS Intensive General English program, students study in an Active8 class which focusses on each language skill during the week. There is an importance in these lessons on authentic materials and using language in a meaningful and relevant way. Our focus for this post is our B1 and A2 Active8 classes. […]

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