… teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn”. Do you know this quote by Benjamin Franklin? We believe this to be completely true here at ABA English. And that’s why our course ...
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The Origin of “Please”
Welcome! Remember last week we spoke about saying “thank you“? Well today we will continue with the mini lesson in politeness. “Please” is short for “if you please”. For example, in the past we would ...
Read More »10 Rules from Richard Diebenkorn part II
Hello you, So last week Monday, we had a look at some of Diebenkorn’s rules for creativity (or learning a foreign language) and today we will finish reading rules 6-10. Ready to be inspired? Richard ...
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Sveiki! (that’s hello in Lithuanian). How are you today? We are inspired by the following sentence: “It’s not about success or failure, it’s about choosing to learn or not learn” We believe so many of ...
Read More »The Origin of “Thank you”
Well, hello! Let’s start today’s mini lesson. English people are famous for being polite. And one way of being polite is to always, always, always say “please” and “thank you”. In English, “thank you” derives ...
Read More »10 Rules from Richard Diebenkorn part I
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 ...
Read More »International Day of the Girl
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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »11 Untranslatable Words from Other Cultures
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 ...
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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. ...
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