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 ...
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How to Clear your Head
Hi you, Do you know Debbie Millman? She is an American writer, educator, artist, and designer who is perhaps best known as the host of the Design Observer podcast ‘Design Matters’. She also wrote how to ...
Read More »Do you know what a ” Ghoti” is?
Good morning people of the Earth, How was your weekend? We discovered a new word: ” ghoti“. Do you know what it is? It means fish. “Ghoti” is a constructed word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. ...
Read More »Tell me and I forget…
… 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 ...
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 ...
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 »Is life good?
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 ...
Read More »This is for all of you, this Monday morning…
Hello world! Today all we would like to do is remind you that YOU are awesome. Have a fantastic Monday! – from all of us in ABA English, to all of you.
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