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Did you know that we (I mean people living on this planet) celebrate 11 different things on 13th September?
We owe more English words to Shakespeare than one would think...
Practice makes a master. Everybody knows that. But not everybody has the super power to find the time to get daily language practice...
Do you know this classic /see image/ that used to be in circulation in an old chain mail? This paragraph contains a bunch of jumbled letters and you are still able to read it at a normal pace...
September is here. Isn’t it the best opportunity to chit-chat about the weather? How hot the summer was… How we were all looking forward to the end of the scorching heat… How great it will be to take a walk on a chilly morning at last… And how much we will miss it in a couple of months…

For the conscious reader – part II

You arrive home from a week-long holiday, you open your suitcase and the cover of a book stares at you. The cover of a never-opened book that you picked specifically for the holiday that has just ended. I’m sure I’m not the only one who remembers a few book covers like that.

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Accents

Have you ever faced the challenge of understanding the local accent in an English-speaking country? However good your English is, and even if you are a teacher of English with years of experience, it can be a humbling experience when you get into a taxi in Glasgow and the driver initiates a casual chat with you.

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Seasonal dictionary

It’s the first day of summer 2024. According to the calendar, it’s time to put your imaginary spring dictionary back on the shelf. If you are ready to dust off your summer English dictionary, we have an updated summer vocabulary list for you.

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An oasis of resources

What you can see hovering over our blog post image are the most common suffixes: -tion, -ity, -er, -ness, -ism, -ment, -ant, -ship, -age, -ery We would like to recommend an oasis of resources for language learners and language teachers. It’s a great tool for language learners whose objective is to get to know some more suffixes, or word endings, in addition to the ones they are already familiar with.

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For the conscious reader

In less than 20 days it’s summer. For conscious language learners who want to find some great books for the summer we have an invaluable link.

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