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Useful Language

If you wish to succeed in the study of English, you should stop translating literally from Spanish into English and start thinking in terms of language functions. Below you can find useful language used both in oral and/or written texts, sorted out by language function and including a link to the corresponding audios on the TP Podcast. Listen-n-Repeat, learn sentences by heart. It's very helpful in various ways.

bullet Sentences for Your Grammar - remembering a sentence you remember all the grammar and how to use it! New!
bullet Useful Language - Banks & Money 01 New!
bullet Useful Language for Traveling
bullet Useful Language for Conversations and Communicative Strategies!
bullet Saying you're sorry / Apologizing
bullet Saying thank you (in oral & written texts; formal and informal language)
bullet Saying good-bye (in oral & written texts; formal and informal language)
bullet Saying hello (in oral & written texts; formal and informal language)
bullet Making Requests /Responding to Requests (in oral & written texts; formal and informal language)
bullet Giving contact information
bullet Giving Feedback on Websites
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Hedging (mostly in writing)
bullet Exercises with Vocabulary & Useful Language at TP Exercises
bullet FAQ webpage on English - Teaching/Learning
bullet Songs for Your Grammar - songs which help in specific language items
bullet Learn to Speak/Write using Literature! - passages with useful language you could learn! describing people, things, places, and narrating actions, events which could be in your lives too!

bullet Useful Classroom Language (1)
bullet Useful Classroom Language (2) for Elementary Students
bullet Useful Language for Primary Teachers
bullet Talking about your winter holidays
bullet Talking about clothes
bullet Using the verbs of the senses

bullet Useful Language for Letter-Writing (sorted out by Language Function)
bullet Useful language in Written Applications
bulletbullet in complaints bulletbullet in CVs/resumés bulletbullet in requests

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Love It! If you want to help in this section: Find useful sentences and expressions connected to language functions, and send them in! We can expand existing sections and/or create new ones. You can also help recording sentences from this section and sending in your audio files (mp3) for publication.

More: Check out our Writing and Speaking sections, Functional Grammar