Month: January 2020

So your visa got refused, what’s next?

Not all lodged visa applications get granted.  Do not think that if you have lodged and paid for the visa fees, you can get your visa application approved.  Based on the Department of Home Affairs’ Student Visa Grant Rates report (source: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/visa-statistics/study), 20% of student visa applications were refused this financial year (from June 2019 …

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BUILDING A SPEAKING CORPUS

To most second language learners, getting on with spoken and written sentences is a struggle.  Using  a  language we learn outside of our own home  has its quirks. We are caught up between what we are taught at school and what we learn on our own through exposure to friends, social media, music, and real …

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