July 13: the rebel souls are singing!
International day of Rock
Social Media Explained. No one ring to rule them all…
Billions of people around the world use social media to share information and make connections. On a personal level, social media allows you to communicate with friends and family, learn new things, develop your interests, and be entertained. However, providing a single definition that encompasses all of the technologies and activities associated with social media… Read More
Improving your Listening Skills in English with Songs
Music is a great language package that bundles culture, vocabulary, listening, grammar and a host of other language skills in just a few rhymes. What you should pay attention to: Sounds English has special sounds that many other languages do not have. But more importantly, English has special sound combinations. The patterns of sounds in… Read More
Prepositional Idioms? Calm down!
A prepositional idiom consists of a verb followed by a preposition, but unlike an ordinary prepositional phrase, it forms an expression with a nonliteral or idiomatic meaning. Some grammarians consider the prepositional idiom a type of a phrasal verb, others call it the phrasal verb itself, and still others call it a verb phrase. Anyway… Read More
Bilingual Language Development: Myths vs. Facts
Fun with words: the creative adult
Fun with words: epiphany (part ii)
200 Words to Use Instead of “Good” (Infographic)
Source: http://custom-writing.org/blog/writing-tips/28365.html
Fun with words: revenge (part ii)
Pesquisa confirma: atitude dos pais é a principal motivação para que jovens aprendam idiomas
Resumo: Pesquisa da da Universidade de Cambridge mostra que a disposição dos jovens para estudar idiomas como francês, alemão ou espanhol é moldada muito mais pelas atitudes de seus pais do que por seus professores ou amigos. Os autores do estudo argumentam que os esforços para reverter o declínio constante na aprendizagem de línguas no… Read More
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