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Hello! Apa kabar? (that’s “how are you” in bahasa Indonesian). Richard Diebenkorn was a well-known 20th century American painter. His early work is associated with Abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s ...

Helloooo! It’s Friday today, are you looking forward to the weekend? We sure are! In an interview by HuffPost to Eliana Stanislawski, the United States Actions Coordinator for IDC: “We need a Day of the Girl. Girls experience ...

Annyeong haseyo! (that’s hello in Korean). Remember how awesome Kaplan‘s infographic was? Remember what an infographic was? In case you don’t, it’s a lot of information transformed into a graphic visual representation. That way, we can ...

Good morning and welcome to Wednesday! One of our students, Hildgund, sent us an email suggesting this beautiful song by Don McLean. This is the song we will be learning English with today. Ready? 1. Read ...

as-salām ‘alaykum! (that’s hello in Arabic). We chose Arabic today because this news story is from Dubai, where they just unveiled the most expensive bottle of wine in the world! 1. Read the text 2. ...

Good day! Welcome to our little corner of the Internet. This article is from the Huffington Post but we had to share it on our blog, because it’s so awesome to remember all of the ...

Huānyíng! (that’s “welcome” in Chinese). How are you this Thursday? We hope you are supercalifragilisticexpialidociously happy! Are you? So today we wanted to remind you of the ABA English Free English Level Test! What is it? ...

Cześć! (that’s hello in Polish). Well, the Royal Wedding was watched by millions all over the world. Millions then waited for the baby to be born and the name to be revealed… and now thousands ...

Gandhi! Today, the 2nd of October, would have marked Gandhiji’s 144th birthday. Let’s remember his life with this short essay from preservearticles.com: Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in the world for four major virtues. ...

Bonjour! (that’s hello in French). A manifesto is a written statement that describes the policies, goals, and opinions of a person or group. Manifesto’s have become very popular; one of the most famous is the Holstee ...

Welcome to Monday’s post! And it’s a musical Monday with the news today. Ready to start? Let’s go! 1. Read the text 2. Understand the vocabulary 3. Watch the news! Text Nine-year-old Curtis Elton is ...

Hello, Well, you have already met Graham, Ben and Priscilla. Now it’s time to meet Julia! Remember: all the ABA English teachers will be available for any questions and you will be able to get in contact with them ...

Hallo! (hello in German) How are you today? Ready for October? The end of September and start of October bring an event that hundreds of thousands look forward to: Oktoberfest. How to learn English with ...

Hi! Welcome to our little corner of the Internet. Ok, so a big part of the world is slowly moving towards the heat and fun of summer, but for the other half… winter is coming. ...

Well, hello! Today we will be reading a beautiful poem by W.S.Merwin on September. Remember, to read poems, it’s all about the feel and not just the words… so let the meaning soak through you ...