The Cambridge Exams
When talking about “Cambridge Exams”, we use it as an umbrella term to group together different exams at different levels. We can divide these into … Read more
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How Does Texting Influence The English Language?
With the increased use of new technologies such as laptop computers, tablets, and mobile phones, the texteselanguage (also known as txt-speak, chatspeak, txtspk, texting language, SMSish, … Read more
Top Mobile Apps For Learning English
Mobile learning (m-learning) has been recognized as one of the main additions to the process of learning and teaching a new language. Currently, there are … Read more
Fancy Learning Some British Slang?
So you think you’ve mastered the English language? Wait until you meet a British person who showers you with some extreme British slang! in Britain, … Read more
Teaching English By Skype – Interview With Bea Koch
Bea Koch has been teaching English in Madrid for the past five years. She received her TEFL certificate in 2007 and started teaching straight away … Read more
What Is A Simile?
“It’s been a hard day’s night and I’ve been working like a dog” In English, whenever we want to compare two things to each other … Read more
Adjectives, Adverbs And Word Order
When speaking, Adjectives and adverbs give colour to what we are saying. Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns and adverbs describe or modify the verb. For … Read more
The Most Beautiful Words In The English Language
If someone asked you to name the most beautiful word or phrase in English, how would you choose it? Would your choice be based on … Read more
Paraprosdokians
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the … Read more
Did I Read That Sign Right?!!!
In an office: Toilet out of order….Please use floor below. Outside a secondhand shop:We exchange anything – bicycles, washing machines, etc. Why not bring your … Read more
