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Find out about traditions

2023-10-31

Isn’t it interesting that just two decades ago a lot of people in Hungary would have been surprised if you had invited them to a Halloween party...

Word Of The Year 2023 ???

2023-10-28

Every year, Oxford Dictionaries announce the Word Of The Year. The winner usually sums up the most significant event or trend of the given calendar year...

Celebrate because…

2023-10-21

What are we celebrating? In each minute, maybe in each second there is someone on this planet starting to celebrate. To celebrate what? Something that thousands or millions celebrates or something that only a few...

Learn and Play

2023-10-15

Mastering a language takes discipline and hard word. No doubt about that. But there is a proverb that says “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” From a mental and physiological point of view I would translate it like this: ...

356 x 40 minutes – part two

2023-10-08

Last week we recommended a language learning and practice podcast series with 356 available episodes. Now episode #357 is out...

356 x 40 minutes – part one

2023-10-01

356 episodes… It’s a dream come true when you start listening to a podcast or following a youtuber and you realize they have uploaded more than three hundred episodes ...

Talk shows to learn English conversation

március 11, 2023

On the wide range of TV shows there’s no better programme to learn English conversation than talk shows. Their recipe to get you addicted is simple: a host, several celebrity guests, interviews and short game or comedy segments…

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Test your reading speed

február 25, 2023

If you look at the title line of this post it’s quite obvious what “wpm” stands for. If your reading speed is 250 wpm it means you can read 250 words per minute. Is 250 wpm a high reading speed?

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Make the most of Youtube and Netflix

február 19, 2023

Three years ago we found a technological novelty that has proven to be a great tool for language learners since then. Now we have found that it merged with another application…

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Learn 7 new English words

február 11, 2023

We would like to introduce you to 7 words that are either new or are used more and more frequently in a new context in 2023…

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Find the best online tools

február 4, 2023

Learning focus: word endings or suffixes >> Tip: a great online resource that you can rely on for finding words with the same ending, for practice and vocabulary expansion.

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