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Learn English with Stories – “The Elves and the Shoemaker”
Hi! Time for another story! It’s getting cold here in Barcelona, so this seemed a good story: full of snow. This story is about a shoemaker. Do you know what a shoemaker is? Exactly! It’s ...
Read More »English Vocabulary: Interesting Idioms about Safety, Danger and the Rolling Stones
Hi everyone! Time to learn some more idioms. As we have said before, idioms are very important because they are part of everyday life, so they are essencial if you want to communicate with native ...
Read More »Phrasal Verbs about Food – Examples and Exercises
The inspiration for this blog post came from the video below. It made everyone at ABA really hungry and we decided to teach you some phrasal verbs related to food. So, watch the video (it’s ...
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 »Reading Comphrenesion: Kate and William – The Royal Wedding
With half the world watching, Kate Middleton and Prince William only have two days to prepare for the big day – their Royal Wedding. They met 10 years ago at university where they were both studying ...
Read More »Fashion, Celebrities, and the Oscars
Do you like following celebrities? Do you like fashion? Whether you like to or not, celebrities influence the fashions that become popular. Fashion designers use celebrities to advertise and sell their clothing and products. A ...
Read More »English Vocabulary: Street Art and Social Responsibility
Did you that slogans of protest and political or social commentary were the start of graffiti and street art? However, it was in the late 1960’s in New York, that graffiti really took off, with artists ...
Read More »Reading Comprehension: Woman rower conquers Indian Ocean
A biologist from Rutland has become the first woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean. Sarah Outen, a biologist of 24 years old, set off from the west coast of Australia in April and ...
Read More »What’s the origin of the North American accent?
One of the most interesting questions that must be answered when speaking about the English language is why British and American English are so different in both lexicon and in accent. Many believe, and rightly ...
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