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In Hungary, like in many other countries, Santa Clause is coming to town on 6th December. We had a post on how they call Santa, and why, in different countries and cultures...
Kommunikációs hajlandóság vs. szorongás, avagy miért nem merünk megszólalni angolul? 3.része. Ahogy az előző hetekben beszámoltam nektek, a Fast English-nél céges nyelvi képzésben résztvevő 185 hallgató körében egy kisebb kutatást végeztünk annak felderítésére, hogy miért nem merünk angolul megszólalni.
Előző alkalommal beszámoltam nektek arról, hogy a Fast English egy kisebb kutatást végzett arról, hogy miért is nem merünk megszólalni angolul, vagyis miért van az, hogy egy magas szinten lévő hallgató vonakodik attól, hogy egyetlen szót is kiejtsen egy megbeszélésen, ha nem feltétlenül muszáj, míg egy alacsonyabb szinten lévő hallgató adott esetben sokkal bátrabb.
I usually discover it only retrospectively, usually in January, how wonderful November is. It’s not because Thanksgiving is in November, not because Black Friday is in November, either...
This Friday is Friday 13th !!! The Evening Standard published an article about the origins to this mysterious superstition...
English is spoken all around the world but it’s not the same English all arond the world…

Make the most of what you watch

We found a technological novelty a few years ago that has proven to be a great tool for language learners since then. The magic letters were LLN: language learning with Netflix. And 3 years later LLY came out…

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Make it playful ’24

Five years ago we posted a collection, an album with photos of billboards. Not great ones, not original or beautiful billboards. They were all printed with ridiculous and horrendous typos. Now we added 11 more photos.

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Technology, Entertainment and Design

It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t ever seen or heard of these three letters side by side: TED. It’s much easier to find someone who, though they regularly watch or listen to TED presentations, has never wondered what TED stands for.

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New English Words

New words pop up every day and what seemed to be relevant yesterday may disappear for good in our ever-changing world. And also, there are words and phrases that have already existed but a new meaning got attached to them in a new context.

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Human translators vs CAT

It was about 4 years ago when we posted a blog entry about the big question: ❓ Are human translators still better than computer translators❓

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The value of revision

Revision is an indispensable part of learning a language. It helps you remember and reactivate previously covered vocabulary, grammar and structures, thus increasing your confidence, your accuracy and your fluency.

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