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Is it Mothers’ Day today? Or Mother’s Day? Or Mothers Day maybe? In Hungarian, there is no dilemma around the spelling of Anyák napja. In English, however, hyphenation raises a question. We have found out about it and put a link in our blog post, in case you have any doubt about that hyphen...
We are less than 2 days from May. The high season for city tours starts around late spring and lasts until early autumn. We would like to help you get ready, in an unusual way.
On an easy Sunday afternoon like this, we recommend that you sit back and, for some light reading practice, join us in figuring out what on earth the term international pixel-stained technopeasant means and why it is mentioned on the same page as the London Marathon and Shakespeare.
Don’t you find it interesting that sometimes, in a ten-word sentence, there are at least five words that did not exist a few decades ago?
Easter traditions vary not only from country to country but also even neighbouring regions of the same country celebrate Easter in different ways...
Why did the first day of April become April Fools’ Day? Is it a global phenomenon? What are the craziest and most famous April Fools’ Day pranks?

Graded books

It wasn’t as easy to find these great resources as we thought it would be: Penguin’s great selection of books graded by 8 levels, from starter to level 7.

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Online and offline crosswords

Sitting in the shade, doing some crosswords can be relaxing. And it can be frustrating, too, depending on the difficulty. What we have found can be both but it’s a kind of positive and motivating frustration when you bump into a word that you have never heard.

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Game on!

GAME APPS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING – Language game apps help turning language learning and practice into fun.

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Research can be fascinating

Do you ever wonder about the origin of words? Some words have amazing stories or legends surrounding their origin. For example, most learners of English, sooner or later, come across the famous story behind the word ”sandwich”. (Should you not know that, click on the link below.)

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