Explore the french culture by learning the meaning behind some its idioms.
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Business Grammar – How to lead, interrupt and close a meeting
Learn how to interrupt a meeting in formal and informal English for work.
Read More »ABA Street Challenge – Episode 28
Each week, ABA English challenges a contestant to a live quiz in the street. If they answer correctly, they win a 1 Year Subscription to our course. If they lose... they get the "Water Lesson": they get soaked by a bucket of water.
Read More »Grammar for Beginners – Question Tags with the Auxiliary Verb “Do”
Learn how to use the question tags with the auxiliary verb "Do", for both positive and negative questions.
Read More »Idioms of the World – Finland
Translating idioms to english can be a great way to learn english and enrich your vocacbulary. Today we have a look at idioms from Finland.
Read More »Need to Ace the TOEFL? Start Talking to Yourself!
When you’re alone, do you talk to yourself? I do. I will have whole conversations with myself while cooking, cleaning, or driving a car. I’m not embarassed about it, although I know I might look strange to other people who walk into the room (I try to do it only when nobody will hear or see me talking, but sometimes I get caught...).
I know I’m not the only one—it’s a funny habit, but it’s pretty common. For me, it helps me to think more clearly. If I think out loud, literally speaking my mind, then I can reason through a problem or situation more quickly and effectively. If I am silent, it’s a bit more difficult to think straight.
Even if you don’t have the same experience with talking out loud, it’s still a good idea to talk to yourself if you’re preparing for the TOEFL. That’s because a quarter of the test actually is talking to yourself. Well, technically, you speak into a microphone, but there is nobody listening as you talk, and nobody responds to you, so it’s very similar to talking to yourself. And in general, to improve your TOEFL scores, you will want to practice doing the tasks that the test requires of you.
Continue reading on our web Read More »The ABA Book Club Reviews – Bossypants by Tina Fey
At the ABA Book Club, each month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English.
Today, the ABA Book Club will be reviewing comedian Tina Fey's book Bossypants. It is, as you would expect from a comedian, very funny. Also, insightful and full of lessons learnt.
Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has received many, many awards, including seven Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Continue reading on our web Read More »Reading Comprehension – Halloween Story and Vocabulary
With Halloween just around the corner it’s a great time to learn some vocabulary used during this fun day.
Read More »The 15 Most Common Errors in Writing
Check out the list of the most common student writing fails and tell us which one you are guilty of committing the most often! Keep scrolling down and you will find 6 ways to reduce ...
Read More »12 Revision tips for studying effectively
Are you currently a student? Do you have to do any revising? If you answered “yes!”, then this lesson is for you! Today we are going to learn 12 tips to make revision a time to ...
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