Weekly English Practice

Maintain your English this summer

28/06/23 Another stage of your English learning journey is coming to an end. Time to reflect on how you have done this year. Coach John gives some tips about maintaining and improving your English during the long summer months. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary to hit the ground running: start something and proceed at a fast pace with great…

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Goodbye to ECP as we know it

22/06/23 After 13 great years, hundreds of wonderful students and many comings and goings, it’s finally time to say goodbye to English Coaching Projects as we know it. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary many moons ago: a long time ago bigger and brighter things: to get a better job or improve your life in some way boost: an increase…

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Gambling addiction

15/06/23 Why elite sportspeople are especially vulnerable Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary wade: to walk with effort through water swamp: an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects greet: tooccur as a response to an action hurl: to throw with great force bombard: to subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms or information breach: to break…

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The terrifying cost of learning to drive

08/06/23 Gaining a driving licence is seen by many as a rite of passage into adulthood and maturity, but is it really worth spending money on lessons?  Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary rite of passage: a ceremony or informal activity that marks an important stage in a person’s life in the region of: about, approximately gov.uk: the UK’s public…

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Phone call anxiety

01/06/23 Not picking up the phone is not as unusual as it may seem. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary daunting: in a way that is intimidating and feels like a difficult task disapproval: an expression of unfavourable opinion overwhelming: when something is very intense and makes somebody feel worried or stressed out gazing: look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise or thought…

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Time stands still in London as Big Ben fails to chime

18/05/23 Clocks at the top of Elizabeth Tower in London briefly stopped at 12.55pm on Wednesday, 10th May. (Big Ben is the name of one of five bells in the Houses of Parliament) Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary chime: a melodious ringing sound, as produced when striking a bell dial: the face of a clock, marked to show units…

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The Day I Saved Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

25/05/23 ‘Sunflowers’ by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, is one of the world’s most recognisable works of art. Coach John relates the role the painting has played in his life and how he saved it from being destroyed.  Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary the (Big) Smoke: a name for London, used especially by northerners days off: days when you…

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The best hamburgers in Vitoria-Gasteiz

11/05/23 As a big fan of hamburgers, I decided to find out about the best burgers in my city. According to a blog, and in no particular order, the following are listed as some of the best hamburger restaurants in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary joint: place, venue decor: decoration outstanding: very good to stand out: to be…

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Swedish girl finds her Irish doppelgänger

04/05/23 Swedish student tracks down her Irish lookalike on website ‘Twin Strangers’ Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary spookily: in a way that seems strange, as it cannot be explained, or that it is intended to be frightening double: in filmmaking, a person who substitutes another actor such that the person’s face is not shown track down: find someone after…

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God Save King Charles? 

23/03/23 King Charles III will be crowned on 6th May in a £100m medieval ceremony paid for by the tax-payer. Coach John uncovers some unusual facts about the new monarch. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful Vocabulary stuffed: filled with something homesickness: feeling sad because of a longing for home or family while away from them fray: to (cause to) become…

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