The Art of Gossip « Diary of a Teacher

In one of our lessons, my Intermediate class confused the idea of reporting and gossip. Here's what the Cambridge Online Dictionary has to say:

To report is to give a description of something or information about it to someone. For example:

I want you to report (to me) on progress (= on what you have done) every Friday.

To gossip, however, is to report about other people's private lives which might be unkind, disapproving or not true.

For example:

Have you heard the (latest) gossip? Here are some exercises on this: Culips ESL Podcast – Gossip (listening activity) Listen a minute.com – Gossip ESL Conversation Questions – Gossip and Rumours BBC Learning English – How to Gossip So, heard anything interesting lately? Share this: