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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. ...

Good morning everyone! Today we are excited and proud to introduce you to Kaplan International Colleges. Like us, they are passionate about finding new methods for you to fall in love with the English language. ...

Welcome to the ABA English blog! And welcome to part 2 of the cooking series for those in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Yesterday we learnt how to make pumpkin pancakes. Today we will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hi everyone! We know how much you love learning English with stories – in fact, it’s the most natural way that kids learn their language from their mother, through storytelling – so we thought today ...

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 ...