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What comes to mind when you think of British culture?James Bond ordering a Martini? Wimbledon? Mr. Bean? A nice cup of tea with a chocolate biscuit?
Job interviews are a challenge, and even more so in a non-native language. This post suggests some idea to help we prepare for the specific requirements of an interview in English.
It’s clear that learning a language takes both time and effort. This blog post looks at some ways to bring more of those moments of acceleration to your English studies.
Whenever the issue of English food comes up in class, I’m always entertained as my students describe the awfulness of the food that they were served on a trip to the UK...
"How are you?", "See you later", "We will rock you!" – some English expressions are surely known by even the most isolated of Amazonian tribes…
Welcome to the first blog in a new series about key elements of English grammar, looking at some of the areas of English grammar which tend to cause confusion for Portuguese speakers.
Whether learning a language or not, we could all learn to listen a little better.Try some of these tips for online ways to become a champion listener and ace that listening exam.
Nowadays our children are exposed to a lot of English from the internet, so why not encourage them to watch movies in English. Surely they’ll learn to pick up some English as they watch?
Any English language learner knows that often spelling isn’t very helpful if we want to know how to correctly say a word. This makes pronunciation a real challenge for language learners...