Category: english

Starting Conversations

Since September, we’ve been exploring fun, different ways to listen to English with a native accent. Now, it’s your turn to do some listening on

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Creating Cultural Change

Often we talk about the difference between the north and south of Spain. Italy is another country with big perceived differences between north and south.

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Is Cereal Soup?

A student sent me this great YouTube channel with lots of interesting videos. Here’s one about words and language. As always, use this technique to focus

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Trick or Treat!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays for a number of reasons. Next week, we can talk about the origins and traditions of this holiday.

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Talking About Recipes

I’ve learned a lot here by talking about food: with friends, at markets, in bars, in the sociedad gastronomica (a fantastic Basque institution which can only

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/i/ and /I/

Here’s this week’s video so you can master the differences between /i/ and /I/. Practice these and you’ll start to hear the difference every time

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Talking About the News

Listening to the news is a good way to practice your comprehension skills and stay informed about the world. Most people already know the BBC, so

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