As part of the BROWNS Intensive General English program, students study in an Active8 class which focusses on each language skill during the week. There is an importance in these lessons on authentic materials and using language in a meaningful and relevant way. Our focus for this post is our B1 and A2 Active8 classes. […]
When you come to Australia, you probably think you are going to learn English. In fact, you are going to learn Englishes! You will learn different varieties of English: A formal variety of English used in academic and business contexts (e.g. in cover letters, essays, presentations). This variety is used basically the same way all […]
Imagine: your teacher says “You should buy a good English-English dictionary!” What do you say? “It’s too expensive.” “It’s too heavy.” “It’s too expensive and too heavy.” Well, now you can say: “I’ve already got one…it’s on my phone!” There is now a huge range of cheap or free English dictionary apps available to use on […]
Two of our B1 Active classes were recently studying ‘Community Services’. Rather than stay in the classroom, the students and teachers felt it would be best to go out and visit a real community service on the Gold Coast. A service that a lot of BROWNS students do not know about is the Gold Coast […]