English in a time of covid

This is about a great list of vocabulary to talk about covid.

From the looks of it, this pandemic will stay a central topic in all of our lives for a little while longer. And while we may be bored to death with it by now, we keep having to talk about it: who has it, how many have it, whether or not you are allowed to have garden parties at the moment, etc…

So why not get out of the covid blues by injecting your conversations with some cool new vocabulary phrases at least?

The brilliant people of Lexical Lab have put together a massive list of vocabulary about covid. Lexical Lab is a language school based in North London, run by the authors of the groundbreaking OUTCOMES coursebook series, Andrew Walkley and my friend Hugh Dellar. The reason I love them is that they believe –as I do– that building vocabulary structures is much more important than focusing only on grammar and verb tenses.

Here is a little preview of the PDF they’ve put together. You can get it by going to https://www.lexicallab.com and signing up to their list.

And, no, in case you’re wondering: this is not advertising and I’m not getting paid by Lexical Lab. I know their work, can recommend it wholeheartedly and I think this is an incredibly useful resource that I wanted to share with you. Feel free to pass it on to anyone you think could use it as well!

Enjoy!

Sarah

EDGY VOCABULARY FROM THIS POST:

From the looks of it = this is what I think will happen based on how things are looking right now

bored to death = you feel so bored you could die

groundbreaking = new and innovative; what I mean here is that this series is different from all other coursebooks

do something wholeheartedly = do something with your whole heart, i.e. you believe in it and do it with enthusiasm. The opposite: do something half-heartedly.