Collins ELT
Grammar or vocabulary? A blurry line
A New Turn of Phrase
Exploring language change
Futurity
Modality and conditionals
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Sun Tzu
The quote above, attributed to an ancient Chinese military strategist, is often used in leadership training to encourage people to act on their ideas and see them through to completion. But we’re interested in it for another reason: the language it contains, namely modals and a conditional sentence. In this blogpost we’re going to discuss each of these areas of language in turn.
Understanding academic grammar
Tense vs aspect
Grammar and register
Prescriptive vs descriptive approaches to grammar
Get your students off to a flying start with Amelia Earhart
Phrasal verbs – our top tips and favourite classroom activities
Make Your Meetings Work
There are three main strategies that we teach to non-native speaker executives running, or taking part in, international meetings, either virtual or face-to-face.
The outcomes for them are confidence, greater fluency and the ability to run meetings, or take part in meetings, more effectively.
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