Learn to explain and clarify situations and ideas and use gerunds as the subject of the sentence.
Each video has five sections:
Language Functions, Grammar, Idioms, Vocabulary, Pronunciation.
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Key Learning Points
This program covers:
Language Functions - Clarifying and Explaining - clarifying information; explaining plans; clarifying meanings and concepts; giving reasons; explaining language problems; debating issues and facts.
Grammar - Gerunds as Subjects - Giving advice; Giving reasons; Giving a warning; Explaining the meaning; Stating 'facts'.
Idioms - Kill two birds with one stone; Blow off steam; Break the bad news; Down the drain; The writingis on the wall; Turn it around.
Vocabulary - beverage; texting; hazardous; graffiti; inevitable; negotiation; environment; long-winded.
Pronunciation - The Sound of V.
