English lessons built from my stories in Germany and beyond
Getting Through It
Learn the phrasal verbs and idioms we use to talk about hard times, heartbreak and moving on, then upgrade your English to B2 level. Taken from my ink studies post, Sad Old Me.
Bonfire Feast
Learn cooking verbs, the imperative and sequencers with my Bonfire Night recipes. Then write your own recipe for a warming winter dish. Level: B1, with a B2 challenge.
Fire, Fireworks and Changing Traditions
Should traditions change when the world changes? Explore torchlit processions, burning effigies and the fireworks debate, and learn vocabulary for traditions and ceremonies. Level: B2+.
Weathering the Storm
A little bird, a storm and the trees that stayed green. Learn vocabulary and idioms about weather and support, and finally fix the classic “I live here since…” mistake.
Level: B1–B2.
It’s a bit Marmite
Love it or hate it? Learn the very British idiom “it’s a bit Marmite”, useful words from my Deutsche Bahn story, and how to use relative clauses with who, which, whose and where.
Level: B1–B2.
Gentrification and the DFLs
Who are the DFLs, and why do some people on the Kent coast welcome them while others don’t? Learn vocabulary for a changing town and the very British art of hedging.
Level: B2.