Are you a die-hard GoT fan? So is our colleague Eli; she lives and breathes the George R.R Martin series. We always recommend watching series in their original version because it’s a fantastic way to ...
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Upcoming films: Improve your English with the latest cinema releases.
October is a great month for movie buffs! In the Northern Hemisphere as temperatures drop the movie theaters begin to fill up. Don’t stay at home and wait for films to be shown on TV, ...
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Have you ever tried to chat-up a native English speaker and not had much luck? Perhaps you are thinking of making the move to an English speaking country and would like to continue dating but ...
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In many countries around the world, the word “beer” refers to the type of alcoholic beverage associated with brands like Budweiser and Heineken. However, in the United Kingdom the term “beer” is very ambiguous and ...
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You know here at ABA we are all about watching (and learning from) movies in English. But sometimes you might be left wondering which film to start with… a comedy? A romcom? Today we are ...
Read More »3 Tips on learning English with songs
When we study a new language, we always try to find ways to make the studying process a little bit more entertaining, but for some people this can be a difficult thing to do. This ...
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Hey everyone As you know, English is a language spoken in many different countries. So it’s normal for accents and vocabulary to change according to the variant of the language. De gustibus non est disputandum! ...
Read More »Saint Patrick’s Day Jokes!
Hello friends! Happy Saint Patrick’s Day on the 17th! We thought we’d use today’s lesson to tell a couple of jokes. Are you ready to have a laugh? I now know Irish jokes thanks ...
Read More »Brexit; How will it affect those who want to move there?
The United Kingdom along with the rest of Europe woke up to news last June 24th that nobody was really expecting: the United Kingdom as a whole had voted to leave the European Union. The ...
Read More »Learn the Second Conditional Through Popular Music
BY DAVID RECINE ON MARCH 30, 2016 IN FUN, GRAMMAR This post originally appeared on the Magoosh TOEFL blog. As Kate outlines in an earlier post, there are four grammar constructions for conditional statements—statements that ...
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