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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...
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.
If you sit down today with a cup of tea or coffee, allow us to recommend something to read.
As the weekend was approaching, more and more “snow-promising” clouds were gathering, so we started to work on a blog entry that’s in sync with the expected white weekend...
Last week we posted part 1 of our traditional mini-series, Word Of The Year. After 2019’s “climate emergency”, 2020’s “pandemic” and 2021’s “vax”, at the end of 2022, with 93 percent of the total votes, a Word Of The Year for 2022 was announced: “goblin mode”
Year by year, Oxford Dictionaries announce the Word Of The Year. Trending words and phrases are tracked and analysed for a 12-month period. The winner usually sums up in one or two words the most significant event, discovery, crisis or trend of the given calendar year...

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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