I didn’t expect such stellar speaking!

Yesterday my students worked exceptionally well, so when they asked to play a game, I let them choose. To my surprise, they picked the 1–20 numbers bingo—designed for beginners aged 4 to 8. They’re 10 going on 11, comfortably at B1. That said, games like that are good fun and helpful in beginner-level classes of …

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Your English skills, a book and hot cocoa

There’s something about autumn that screams “cuddling” and “hot cocoa” while reading a good book. But, reading a good book is more than a simple pleasure of life: it’s a great way to improve your second/foreign language skills. It helps you learn and reinforce words, put them in context, learn correct (and by that I …

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Skype lessons, or distance learning with a live teacher, what is it like?

October is time for magic. Colourful leaves, roasted chestnuts, long, rainy nights and of course – Halloween! I must admit that I’ve felt a bit of that magic since I first started teaching English to children online through our e-learning platform and Virtual Classroom. Skype lessons for young children From the first day on, I’ve been …

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I miss you

Girl already missing friends as her train pulls out the station

I miss you, or do you miss me? Get ready for some brain juggling on the verb to miss! Can you spot the difference in sentence construction between: Tu me manques and I miss you? Miss and manquer: a question of personal pronouns Indeed, in English “I” does the missing, while in French, “you” are …

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