inlingua Edinburgh Blog
Welcome to the official inlingua Edinburgh blog.
Scottish words
Scotland as well as having gaelic, also has Scots dialect, English enriched with old Scottish words. At inlingua we teach formal English but you may want to learn some Scottish words that you'll hear dropped into every day conversation in the city when you're learning English in Edinburgh.
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Driech
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English Exam Preparation
Preparing for an English language exam isn't just about vocabulary and comprehension. To achieve a high grade it is necessary to understand how to prepare English tests by developing strategy and tactics.
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Analysing the purpose of tasks in English language exams
Posted by JudithJudithJudith has not set their biography yetUser is currently offlineUnderstanding the purpose of a task helps when thinking about how to answer it.
For example, knowing that an Open Close focuses mostly on grammar words, or occasionally on collocations, helps give students a clue as to the possible options/answers.
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