Hello everyone! Ready to learn some vocabulary by playing a fun game with us? Great! Studying English can be hard: we have to memorize vocabulary, study grammar and practice our pronunciation. But it can also ...
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We are never too young to teach a lesson nor too old to learn one… Have you heard about Felix Finkbeiner? He is a 13 year old German boy and the founder of “Plant for ...
Read More »A Real Life Vampire
Maria José, a Mexican woman with four kids, looks like something out of the Twilight films. She has piercings, teeth like a vampire and horns! Watch the following video and read the content below to ...
Read More »The ABA Book Club Reviews – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Welcome to the ABA English 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 ...
Read More »Khan Academy is Changing Education
Education is evolving! E-learning, like that offered by ABA English, is changing the way people learn all over the world. There is a new way to learn math and science online as well. Khan Academy ...
Read More »Using Social Media to Learn Foreign Languages
Every day more students choose to study abroad for a year or meet new friends who are taking a semester at their university. Every day more professionals choose to improve their careers by working in ...
Read More »Icelandic Ash Travels to Europe
This time last year the world was paralysed as flights from and to Europe were cancelled because of the ash coming from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Now, another volcano, the Grimsvotn, has begun erupting as well and ...
Read More »Angry Birds Reach the Internet
What started out as a worldwide sensation for smart phones has finally hit the Internet! Google Chrome now supports a limited version of the popular game Angry Birds. Only 3 levels are currently available along ...
Read More »Free New ABA English Practice Units!
Hello ABA Community! Remember when we told you about the new practice units being added to the ABA English Course for free? Well, we are happy to present a new video! Watch the following video ...
Read More »Intermediate Grammar – Facebook Questions Answered II
A member of our ABA Community has asked for help understanding the difference between: Doubt That – Doubt Whether -Doubt If Doubt That Doubt that is used for negative contexts or questions; when you suspect something is ...
Read More »Learn English with the News – Nurturing Creativity
What does it mean to nurture? Nurture, by defintion, means to help (something or someone) to grow, develop, or succeed. In today’s culture it is often believed that creativity comes from within one’s own self. ...
Read More »Learn English with the News – American Woman Wakes Up Speaking With an Irish Accent
Could you imagine coming home from a visit to the dentist’s office and speaking with a foreign accent? That’s what happened to a woman in Newport, Oregon. Karen Butler had a normal reaction to oral ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension – Cinco de Mayo, An American Civil War Holiday?
Cinco de Mayo (5th of May in Spanish) commemorates the day Mexico drove the French in Pueblo, Mexico in 1862.Interestingly, it is celebrated primarily in the United States and the city of Puebla in Mexico. ...
Read More »Learn English with the News – China’s “Crazy English” Way of Learning!
Have you heard about this non-traditional way of learning English in China? Li Yang, the creator of this method, believes that the best way to learn English is by practicing orally. And we completely agree! ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension – PB&J: An American Classic
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich is an American staple of many children’s childhoods. It is typically a food used for snacks or lunch time. The food is as simple as it sounds– two pieces ...
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