Sprinkle, roll, dye and hunt: Easter around the world
All over the world, people celebrate and observe Easter this week. Solemn church masses, processions, chocolate bunnies and eggs come to mind. Traditions vary from one country to the next – ...
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate writer, dies aged 87
What is a pneumonia? And what about a feud? Read this article from The Guardian about Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s memory. Talk in English with one of our teacher about this giant writer! ...
English to English: ‘translating’ a cultural divide
What does “to gauge” mean? Read this article from The Guardian and try to find out more about cultural differences between English and American. It’s always time to learn ...
Is San Francisco losing its soul?
Read this “advanced article” from The Guardian and highlight five words that you didn’t know before. No more than five! Speak about this topic with one of our teachers here! ...
Does English still borrow words from other languages?
To borrow words vs. to lend words: do you know the difference? Here’s an article from the BBC website: read it aloud and schedule your free Skype lesson here! English language has ...
Reading on the clock
Has the digital life changed our mind and the experience of reading? Have a look at this article from The New Yorker. Don’t clock how long reading takes! When I was assigned to read ...
School Education: measuring America’s decline, in three charts
What is a threat? And what about a plague? Can you describe a stagnation? Read this article from The New Yorker about the US school education. n recent years, a number of international ...
Maths is fun (sometimes)
What does to mock mean? And what is a scorn? Read this article from The Guardian and improve your English. Mathematics is seen by many as hard, boring or both. But evidence suggests that a love ...
How San Francisco’s new culture is changing the country
In these three paragraphs you may come across a lot of unknown adjectives: what is a iffy section? What does dingy mean? And what about dire straits? Read this article from The New Yorker and ...
Only One Russian University Makes Latest World Rankings
Lomonosov Moscow State University is the only Russian institution in the Times World University Rankings for 2013-14. Read this article from The Moscow Times. We’ve highlighted five words: ...