Get up and join us for English for Lunch!

Last week, in English for Lunch, we started a new series of lessons on multiword verbs (also known as phrasal verbs). In English, we h...

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Misleading English spelling and pronunciation in our 'English for lunch'

Last week, in English for Lunch, we saw how misleading English spelling can be! While in some languages the way we write the words can...

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Do you want to improve your English? Try telling jokes

People love telling and listening to stories. No wonder we spend hours watching films, reading books and telling each other about our life ...

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Let's agree to disagree!

What if you were on a nice cruise in the South Pacific, but suddenly your ship started to sink? What if you could only take a few sele...

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Tackling the tricky English pronunciation in our English for Lunch

Last week in English for Lunch we tackled tricky pronunciation. We looked at two sounds: /ɪ/ (sit) and /i:/ (seat). These two sounds ...

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What's the buzz?

(Can you guess what the missing words are?) I absolutely love spending the night in the countryside. It's a good break from all the _...

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This is the rhythm of... English

Last week, at English for Lunch, Peartree students got into the rhythm of English! As many learners point out, one of the main obstacl...

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My brain is fried!

This is what Angel from Olot is saying at the end of day on his intensive course! This is a great, natural English expression to use when y...

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What did you miss in our 'English for lunch' class?

Everton was talking about sounds with meaning. You have never heard of it? Well, don't worry, that is why we have a short blog post abo...

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON! It’s only a CAE speaking exam

As we wrote last week, we want to help our students as much as possible to prepare for their exams. So here we go with another article from...

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Syllable stress got a bit less stressful at this week’s English for lunch...

Have you ever thought that English has a lot of stress? Well, it does - syllable stress. This week we looked at syllables and why they’re o...

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Introducing...

Hi there, I'm Shekinah, I'm a twenty-four-year-old graduate living in Wales and currently pursuing a Masters in Psychology, in t...

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If I had attended English for Lunch, I would be able to understand this grammar!

If I had the chance, I would be an English language teacher all over again! If only I could be in the classroom all day and not in the offi...

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ENGLISH FOR LUNCH - YUM YUM

With students from Spain, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Thailand and Japan it was a multinational lunchtime language session on Thursday 21st Se...

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April Fool's Day, a day full of hoaxes, pranks and jokes

April Fool’s Day is almost here! Get ready to joke around on the annual day of hoaxes, pranks and tricks this Saturday the 1st of April. ...

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He's loud, he has a big beard, he is an amazing teacher, he is... Jon Letson!

Hi, I'm Jon Letson and I'm the Director of Studies at Peartree. I'm 33, I'm from Wales and I've been teaching Eng...

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