Welcome reader, Every month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. The language in these books is not complex from a literary point of view, but it will require ...
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Hi! Do you know who Rumi is? He is a a 13th-century Persian poet, theologian and Sufi mystic. Despite being Persian, he has been described as “America’s most popular poet” and his poems have been ...
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สวัสดี! (that’s “How are you?” in Thai). Recently, the Huffington Post had an article on Nicholas Negroponte’s idea that one day, in the future, we could learn a language by taking a pill. How amazing ...
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Xin chào! (that’s “Hello” in Vietnamese). Every month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. The language in these books is not very literary, but they do require ...
Read More »English Reading Comprehension – Learning another language keeps your brain young!
Hi! How are you today? The following article from BBC News is about a new study that shows how learning a second language can help slow your brain’s aging. How great is that? We should ...
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Welcome to the ABA Book Club! Every month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. The language in these books is not complex from a literary point of ...
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Buongiorno! (that’s “Good morning” in Italian). How are you today? Did you start the morning in a good way, relaxed and happy, or stressed and unhappy? In this lesson we are going to learn how ...
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Hello beautiful person! Do you know “knock knock” jokes? These jokes always have a pun. Do you remember what a pun is? It’s a type of word play that has two or more meanings. By ...
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Hi beautiful, Today the amazing Maya Angelou died at age 86. She was an activist, singer, dancer and writer. She was a poet and a spokesperson of black people and women. Spokesperson – a man or woman ...
Read More »Love yourself!
Hi beautiful, Today the amazing Maya Angelou died at age 86. She was an activist, singer, dancer and writer. She was a poet and a spokesperson of black people and women. Spokesperson – a man or woman ...
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