Foreign language learners should be exposed to slang in the classroom and here’s why…

Summary: Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you’re getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Very, says Sascha Stollhans, of the Department of Languages and Cultures at Lancaster University, who argues that standardised language norms are artificial and… Read More

Woof Woof: Dog Barks in Different Languages

Woof is the conventional representation in the English language of the barking of a dog. As with other examples of onomatopoeia or imitative sounds, other cultures “hear” the dog’s barks differently and represent them in their own ways. Some of the equivalents of “woof” in other European and Asian languages are as follows: English –… Read More

Cursos de idioma online têm a mesma eficácia dos presenciais?

2021 trouxe profundas mudanças para o aprendizado de idiomas, especialmente no formato dos cursos que passaram de presencial para online, em decorrência da Covid 19. Mas afinal, quais resultados iremos colher? Os cursos de idioma online têm a mesma eficácia dos presenciais?  Essas tem sido as perguntas mais recorrentes entre alunos e pessoal de Rh.… Read More

List of 100 Irregular Plural Nouns in English

Singular:           Plural: abyss               abysses alumnus         alumni analysis          analyses aquarium        aquaria arch                 arches atlas                atlases axe                  axes baby                babies bacterium       bacteria batch               batches beach              beaches brush               brushes bus                  buses calf                  calves chateau          chateaux cherry              cherries child                children church             churches circus              circuses city                   cities cod                  cod copy                copies crisis               crises curriculum     curricula deer                 deer dictionary       dictionaries domino          dominoes dwarf               dwarves echo               echoes elf                    elves emphasis      emphases family              families fax                   faxes fish                  fish… Read More

Confusing words: Words With No Plural Forms

Many students who are learning English are very surprised to learn that the words information, knowledge, and jewelry have no plural forms. These are called uncountable noums: Here is my list so far: accommodation advice baggage bread bravery chaos clarity courage cowardice equipment education evidence furniture garbage greed homework honesty information jewelry knowledge livestock luggage marketing… Read More

List of 370 Irregular Verbs in English

The English language has a large number of irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use—and significantly more if prefixedforms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle. A Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle arise arose arisen awake awakened / awoke awakened / awoken B backslide… Read More

O futuro do idioma inglês é se tornar uma língua idioma cada vez mais global à medida em que a disposição para contratar além-fronteiras aumentar

O futuro do idioma inglês é se tornar uma língua idioma cada vez mais global à medida em que a disposição para contratar além-fronteiras aumentar. A necessidade do mercado de trabalho é ter uma força de trabalho proficiente em uma comunicação moderna, habilidades interpessoais e consciência multicultural. Ter o domínio do inglês permite que tanto… Read More

English is bound to grow into an international language as the willingness to hire across borders will increase

English has long changed its status from a second language to a tool of global communication. It is not just a medium of communication; it is more of a life skill. Candidates looking for jobs in sunrise sectors like IT, hospitality, retail, and academia are expected to communicate well in English. Those already employed in… Read More

Na hora de aprender um idioma: será que os homens são de Marte e as mulheres de Vênus?

As mulheres aprendem idiomas de forma diferente? Será que elas são melhores do que os homens no aprendizado? É perigoso proclamar qualquer característica como sendo radicalmente masculina ou feminina, mas será que há alguma verdade por trás dessa teoria? Quando se trata de educação, as mulheres certamente têm recuperado terreno perdido: atualmente superam os homens… Read More

Top Twenty Ways to Tell Someone Their Fly Is Unzipped

20. The cucumber has left the salad. 19. I can see the gun of Navarone. 18. Someone tore down the wall, and your Pink Floyd is hanging out. 17. You’ve got Windows on your laptop. 16. Sailor Ned’s trying to take a little shore leave. 15. Your soldier ain’t so unknown now. 14. Quasimodo needs… Read More