English Language

By Rachel Abbott, ABC School’s Academic Coordinator Living and studying in the U.K can be very daunting as there are many options available for English language learning. You may have heard of the word ‘immersion’ connected to language learning and...

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by Rachel Abbott, ABC School’s Academic Coordinator IELTS is an acronym which stands for International English Language Testing System and is a proficiency exam designed to test all four key skills in English: reading, writing, speaking and...

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by Rachel Abbott, ABC School’s Academic Coordinator International students dutifully attend their English classes, study the grammar and formalities of the language and produce beautifully pronounced sentences. Then, when they are out of the classroom...

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If you have time to kill, why not familiarise yourself with some of the UK’s many regional accents?! By watching some of Britain’s best-loved film and TV, you can gain an insight into weird and wonderful variations of the British accent. Below is a...

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By Rachel Abbott, ABC School’s Academic Coordinator Phrasal verbs are two or three word combinations, consisting of a verb and another element, typically a preposition (walk into) or adverb (break even). Sometimes there is a combination of both, (look...

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There are no shortcuts to learning English – and if you are learning it for the first time, you will need to put in a lot of dedication and practice. Fortunately there are some ways to help your brain learn faster and more effectively. There are no...

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By Rachel Abbott, ABC School’s Academic Coordinator It is widely accepted that English is now the global language and not just because of popular music and American TV programmes but because English has become an extremely important part of...

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A collocation is a combination of words commonly used together. Learning common collocations is a great way to build your vocabulary and make your English sound more natural. Generally these combinations just sound "right" to native English...

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The IETLS course is an upper-intermediate preparation course for students wishing to reach a 6-7 in the IETLS exam. The course is based around an exam preparation course book as well as supplementary grammar and vocabulary. On a day-to-day basis, the...

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No and not are the two most common words we use to indicate negation. The word no never precedes: a, an, the, any, much, many, enough and possessive pronoun: my, your, his, her, our, their. No is used in exclamation and as an adjective before...

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