Future in the Past

Extra help from the brilliant blog for advanced level students
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2011/06/future-in-past-future-in-past-is.html

Participles, participle clauses and Negative inversion

For advanced English students who would like extra practice on these complex structures.
Follow the links to this amazing blog.
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2011/05/participles-and-participle-clauses.html

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2011/01/making-sense-of-negative-inversion.html

Writing Skills focusing on Cohesive Devices

For Advanced English students who want to improve their writing skills  look at the link for  an excellent PDF file on cohesive devices http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/cohesive-devices-list-of-items-for-writing-a-composition.pdf

Past /Present/ Future in Costa Rica

Read the summary of The State of the Nation, focusing on trends and forecasting. Costa Rica at a crossroads / Top Story / Current Edition / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times

Useful Prepositions

An 11-page PDF file giving Spanish speakers help with Prepositions
http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/prepositions2.pdf

"Undercover Boss"

Read the review and advice for bosses. In Costa Rica you can watch the first season on cable tv Be an "Undercover Boss" - Robert M. Galford - Harvard Business Review
Advanced Business English students should have plenty to say about this reality tv show.

Cars and Business Alliances

Relevant article for Business English advanced students. Read the BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14877009
and identify words used to talk about alliances and projects.