Good day to you all. An onomatopoeia is the creation of words that imitate natural sounds. For example, in English the sound snakes makes is called a “hiss”. Why? Because to us, that’s what it sounds ...
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Learn English with the News: “Recycling in Hong Kong”
Néih hóu! (tha’ts hello in cantonese.) How are you today? It’s Monday today, we know, but we hope that in the world of Monday’s, this one is fabulous. From a young age we are taught ...
Read More »Learn English with Songs: “Roar”
Hi there! Welcome to Wednesday’s blog! Today we will be learning new words with Katy Perry’s new song “Roar”. To roar means to make the loud sound of a wild animal (such as a lion). Right, ...
Read More »Learn English with the News: “Building melts car”
Hi! How are you? Today we will be looking at a really crazy news story that is happening right now in London. Find out more by: 1. Reading the text 2. Understanding the vocabulary 3. ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension – Pumpkin Pancakes
For half the world fall is almost here… the leaves are turning red and brown and yellow and orange, the weather is getting cooler and people are beginning to think of Halloween and Christmas. Of ...
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Good morning! Pangaea, Pangæa, or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The ...
Read More »Learn English with the News: “Diane von Furstenburg and Naomi Campbell”
Sawasdee! (that’s hello in thai.) We’re sure you have heard of either Diane von Furstenburg – designer extraordinaire -, or Naomi Campbell (does that woman ever get older?!) – model extraordinaire. In this news item, ...
Read More »The longest words in English
In terms of languages, English has more words than any other by a long shot. Today we are going to focus on words in English which are longer and slightly more complicated than the norm ...
Read More »A joke!
Good morning! We hope you are having a lovely Thursday. Would you like to hear a (bad) joke? Teacher: Tell me a sentence that starts with an “I”. Student: I is the… Teacher: Stop! Never ...
Read More »The Decision – to be continued…
Good morning! As you know, Wednesdays are the day we publish a new episode of “The Decision“. As you also know, this novel is currently being written by the founder of ABA English. And novels ...
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