by Małgorzata | Sep 24, 2022 | BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, FORMAL WRITING, GRAMMAR, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, ORAL EXAM, REPORT, SLP 2222, SLP 3, SLP 3333, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
What is useful feedback? Useful feedback is something more than correcting grammatical and lexical mistakes. Feedback which is useful is the information which tells you how to make your language, writing or speaking, different, more varied, more advanced. Especially...
by Małgorzata | Apr 7, 2022 | FORMAL WRITING, GRAMMAR, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, ORAL EXAM, READING, SLP 2222, SLP 3333, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
I often hear: “Why can’t I use grammar correctly during my speaking and writing? I’ve been doing my exercises in a grammar book forever.” or “How can I finally learn using grammar correctly? The problem with doing grammar exercises...
by Małgorzata | Nov 23, 2021 | LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, SLP 2222, SLP 3333, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
You may think that passing the exam is the ultimate goal in your STANAG English story. But is it? What to do next after you have successfully passed your exam? Well, first of all, you should take time to celebrate! It is an achievement and I bet you put a lot of time...
by Małgorzata | Oct 6, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, REPORT, SLP 2222, SLP 3, SLP 3333, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, TOOLKIT, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
Have you been wondering how to take your writing to the next level? What next level? I mean the situation in which everything seems to be fine with your text, grammar is correct, paragraphs clearly divided, task achieved but you have this feeling that something is...
by Małgorzata | May 25, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, REPORT, SLP 2222, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, VOCABULARY, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
What makes formal writing difficult? 3 things – formal language, organisation and logic. Here are 3 ideas on how to deal with them. 1. Templates (organisation) Templates will make your life easier. What is a template? It is a sample text of a particular type that has...
by Małgorzata | Apr 20, 2021 | IDIOMS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, ORAL EXAM, SLP 2222, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, VOCABULARY, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
Why do you need a collocations dictionary? Or maybe we should start from the beginning and say what a collocation is? A collocation is a partly or fully fixed expression, which has been established in use by native speakers who used it repeatedly in context, for...