2:00pm B2
Speaking Skills - Extending discourse, travel account -
The UAE https://www.lonelyplanet.com/united-arab-emirates
Learner Training - Error Correction Follow Up
- The importance of false friends
- Commonly mistaken words: say/tell (structure), line/lane (meaning and pronunciation)
Notes - False Friends
Some of the most persistent errors come from over-translation and False Friends. For example, "according to me" is an Italian expression which doesn't exist in English - IN MY OPINION is used instead.
Two common false friends between Italian and English are STAGE and ACTUAL.
When you say you want to do a "STAGE" you really mean an internship, a work experience placement or appreticeship.
When you talk about "actual" events you want to emphasise that they are current, contemporary or happening now.
In English a "stage" is a place for performing and actual is a synonym for real. Always check your false friends!
Look at the list below - What do they really mean in English?
Impeach
Assit
important
Concourse
In fact
Lecture
Eventual
Library
Morbid
Sympathetic
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