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How smart are you? ![external link icon](graphics/externalLink2.png)
Twenty-question English test aimed at native speakers and focusing on the errors they make. Includes punctuation, spelling, language terminology (metaphor, simile etc.) and vocabulary.
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Twenty-question English test aimed at native speakers and focusing on the errors they make. Includes punctuation, spelling, language terminology (metaphor, simile etc.) and vocabulary.
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Why did LOL infiltrate the language? ![external link icon](graphics/externalLink2.png)
1301 words including info boxes. Gunning Fog index : 9.23 Coleman Liau index : 8.74 Flesch Kincaid Grade level : 7.24 ARI (Automated Readability Index) : 6.33 SMOG : 9.91 Flesch Reading Ease : 65.23 BNC vocab profile K1 Words : 70.75% K2 Words : 78.37% K3 Words : 82.33%
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1301 words including info boxes. Gunning Fog index : 9.23 Coleman Liau index : 8.74 Flesch Kincaid Grade level : 7.24 ARI (Automated Readability Index) : 6.33 SMOG : 9.91 Flesch Reading Ease : 65.23 BNC vocab profile K1 Words : 70.75% K2 Words : 78.37% K3 Words : 82.33%
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The words English owes to India ![external link icon](graphics/externalLink2.png)
Review of Anglo-Indian loan words hooked onto the latest reprinting of the Hobson-Jobson dictionary. Advanced 1055 words Flesch: 52.3
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Review of Anglo-Indian loan words hooked onto the latest reprinting of the Hobson-Jobson dictionary. Advanced 1055 words Flesch: 52.3
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Does English still borrow words from other languages? ![external link icon](graphics/externalLink2.png)
Is English borrowing or lending words? Words: 1187 Flesch: 42.7
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Is English borrowing or lending words? Words: 1187 Flesch: 42.7
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Global Intermediate Coursebook
Unit 1 Language & Culture Page 8 English for a specific purpose
Interview with ESP teacher who teaches aviation English
Interview with ESP teacher who teaches aviation English
Unit 1 Language & Culture Page 15 A world full of Englishes
Article by David Crystal on local variations of English
Article by David Crystal on local variations of English