Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s our favourite time of the year again. Yes, it’s nearly Christmas! Christmas is a time for celebrating, sharing and sending loved ones cards to show that we are thinking of them. ...
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The ABA Book Club Reviews – Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
At the ABA Book Club, we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. Our recommendation today is Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book: Big Magic. Do you know this author? She ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension – Thanksgiving Day!
Hello dear friends! Let’s talk about an upcoming celebration: Thanksgiving (A day of giving thanks), which is one of the most popular holidays in the US and Canada. It also marks the beginning of the ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension – Bonfire Night & Guy Fawkes
Have you ever heard of Bonfire Night also called Guy Fawkes Night? We’re pretty sure you’ve seen or heard of the movie V for Vendetta. So… do you want to find out more about it? Then go ahead! ...
Read More »Learn with videos – Should you live for your résumé or your eulogy?
New York Times columnist David Brooks gives a short talk on the values we consider most imporant in our lives. Read the text and make sure to understand as much as possible.
Read More »Reading Comprehension – the English breakfast
What's your favourite breakfast? Are you a healthy person who enjoys a fruit smoothie or a fruit salad? Or would you like to have an English breakfast everyday?
Read More »What’s a BLT? – SayWhat?! Episode 15
The ABA English show that answers students' questions from around the world. Today, we talk about the BLT and more!
Read More »Reading Comprehension – New Year Goals
Kunjani! (that’s “hello” in xkosa, one of the languages spoken in South Africa). Did you know that only 8% of people keep their New Year resolutions? That’s not a very good statistic, considering most people ...
Read More »Common New Year Resolutions
Here we are again. So: New Year’s Resolutions. We will be writing about New Year’s Resolutions and how to make them effective on our blog, but for now we wanted to see which are the ...
Read More »Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States. To celebrate, let’s watch and understand his amazing speech “I have a dream”. Recognized as one of the best and most important speeches in ...
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