Every week, we’ll be sharing a list of posts, stories, news, or opinions that we've run across the Internet during the past week or two. We won't be discussing them in detail here, but we do encourage you to check them out as they could contain valuable ideas and insights for your
IELTS exam.
If you're ready, here we go...
GRAMMAR
The author shares his thoughts with regard to three posts at the Macmillan Dictionary Blog.
The author shares his thoughts on the various definitions of
grammar.
If you say that you 'know' a particular language, what does that mean to you?
This guide can help you minimize their presence and strengthen your
writing.
While Pinterest may more often be used to collect inspiration for DIY projects and drool over insanely expensive couture, it is also an excellent resource for getting nerdy about
grammar.
SPEAKING
For a long time scientists presumed that infants' brains could not process sounds at all, but that's not true.
Want to become a great speaker? Develop these four essential qualities, and you'll be able to influence, inspire, and make a meaningful impact on your audience.
8 benefits of using quotations in your speech, and 21 tips for superpowering your presentations with effective quotes.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
The author discusses the benefits of being literate.
Begin - Believe - Become
Have you known a knowledgeable friend and wish you could be like them? Check out the 6 great websites that will boost your knowledge within 7 days!
There’s a Google Doc available to the public from Chiew Pang that lets you help build a useful database of helpful hashtags.
The author shares some resources for our
grammar skills.
The author shared an excerpt from A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves.
VOCABULARY
Learn new
vocabulary on investigations.
The store of
nouns in English, just like that of English
verbs, is enhanced by the language’s generosity in permitting adaptation of words from other tongues more than once. In the case of most of the word pairs listed [in the post], the terms were introduced at different periods of history, hence their slight differences in spelling.
Misuses of words are fast and frequent and come in any number of varieties. They are not all the same. Here are a few of the most likely ways we confuse our words, with examples to learn from.
The author shares 5 words that she'd like to see brought back into usage.
The opportunity to learn is everywhere! Yes, opening a dictionary and looking up definitions and reviewing
synonyms is important- you can’t always expect to know the exact meaning of a word without ever looking it up- but the key to being able to communicate in English, or in any second language, is to know how words are used in context.
Learn why the "swag" is a misunderstood word.
The story of how to legitimate became to legitimize.
Many words derived from Latin have two (and occasionally three or more) possible plural forms. The distinction is usually between popular usage based on English plural endings grafted onto Latin terms and scientific or technical form based on a traditional reading of the original language. Here are discussions of alternatives for plural forms of six types of word endings.
Here is some advice about using the
adverbs maybe and perhaps.
The author shares how "Shrek" author William Steig inspired her to use a more broad and extravagant
vocabulary around her children.
There appears to be little that irks a British language pedant more than Americanisms entering the British
vocabulary. But it is also happening the other way round.
