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- Subtitles
JAN28th2012 -
Subtitles play a very important part in making us understand a movie plot. Especially, if you are one of those who enjoy watching foreign films. Although sometimes, it is quite frustrating if you don’t understand the subtitle too. Look at this one for example: (text: He will automatically thinks that he’ll also be forgiven as [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Content, English Improvement, Learning English Online
- Some Thoughts on Lifelong Learning
JAN28th2012 -
Everyone has been asked this question when they were a child. What would you like to be when you grow up little Jimmy or Jane? I remember my cousin saying I want to be a fireman and few days later he changed his mind. He said he had bigger plans in life. My aunt asked [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Content, English Improvement
- Learning English is Fun too – Jokes
JAN27th2012 -
Laugh while you learn! Jokes can be another effective way to learn English. If you want to laugh and get the gist of a joke of course you need to understand the language in which it is written (or said). Try this one: A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Content, English Improvement, English Speaking, Learning English Online
- Customer Service
JAN27th2012 -
Imagine you are in an English speaking country and… You’re in a restaurant. Your food is 30 minutes late, when it arrived – you immediately noticed that it is not what you ordered. How do you say it to the waiter or to the manager? Your credit card bill statement has some fees you don’t [...]
- Posted in: Canadian Content, English Improvement
- 5 Excellent Word Games to Help You Improve Your English
NOV19th2011 -
Last week I wrote about Scrabble and how the popular board game can significantly help improve your English skills, including word and grammar skills. Today, I wanted to let you know about a number of other games that you can try to work on improving your English. Wordipelago – A massively multi-player on-line word game. [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- One unusual way to improve your English
NOV13th2011 -
If you’re looking for unusual, yet effective ways to learn English online while having fun, why don’t you try playing Scrabble? Scrabble is the world’s most famous word game. Playing is simple: gathers two to four players to score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- Recession is no reason to cut English Training budgets
NOV5th2011 -
In a recession, training budgets are often the first to be axed. A lot of companies hold back budgets while still needing to develop staff language skills. With the ability to learn English online, companies really don’t have a good excuse to stall. When combined with a highly qualified team of teachers in a one-on-one [...]
- Posted in: Corporate English Training
- New job opportunities for teachers with online English courses
OCT27th2011 -
Teachers are finding new opportunities to work by teaching English courses over Skype to students in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Teaching online, using tools such as Skype and WebEx, is on the rise and students are tuning in computers, tablets and mobile devices. In a time when many North American businesses and educational institutions [...]
- Posted in: Teaching Online
- Looking for work? Learn English!
OCT24th2011 -
Language skills are the key to high performance in a global workplace. While the economic uncertainties are larger than ever, many organizations are scaling up their hiring activity. If you are looking to find a new job and be part of the race, learning English online can help you stick out and differentiate in yourself. [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- Can I learn English speaking on an iPad?
OCT21st2011 -
With over 25 million iPads sold, it was only a matter of time until students started to use the tablet to take English speaking courses. The iPad is a perfect device for learning English online. Mobile learning is a rapidly emerging as the leading form of e-learning. Gartner, the leading analyst firm, is predicting that [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, Learning English Online
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