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Whether it’s a friend from another country, a foreign business partner or a curious student, you may find yourself looking for words when they ask you questions about a national holiday...
For some, it’s common knowledge in 2024. For others, it’s still hard to believe that you don’t necessarily have to type in what you want your translation app to translate. It’s enough to take a picture...
There are “unmentioned” letters in English. Letters that cannot be found in the English alphabet, however you will find these letters in English words in dictionaries...
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...
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.
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.

Language apps: 2020 update

Language apps come as a handy tool for language learners. We wanted to update our language app recommendation list, so we dived into online research.

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Do some research

Research can be adventurous. Here’s an example: I travelled on a Virgin train from London to Liverpool recently and I heard the funniest automated announcement in the toilet…

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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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