Boost your listening and vocabulary 2
Due to many people demanding it from me I had to reblog this post! For many years I’ve been trying to find useful videos which I could use with my …
I, too, am America
For many times some people were considered better than others. For many years the most powerful people from a specific group were the ones who could decide over everything. In …
Leap Year
Leap year: 2012 is a Leap Year – A leap year consists of 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365 days. During Leap Years, we add a Leap …
Boxing day
Boxing Day is celebrated on the first or second day after Christmas, usually December 26th depending on national or regional laws. It is a constitutional holiday in many countries such …
Learning through dictionaries
How often to you use a dictionary? How well can you handle it? A dictionary is essentially a book with translation, explanation, pronunciation and information about words. It is also …
Free Audiobooks, literature and podcasts
Have you ever listened to a book? Seriously, I really meant that! Nowadays technology has made that possible! I here present LibriVox that provides free audiobooks from the public domain. …
La Tomatina
La Tomatina festival in Spain gives new meaning to the expression ‘playing with your food’. For most of the year Bunol is a ho-hum industrial town, 40km (25mi) from Valencia, …
An apple a day…
It is well known that a person who regularly eats fruits and vegetables are less susceptible to diseases. In English there is this saying “an apple a day keeps the …
Improving listening abilities
How well can you understand spoken English when you see a video? Or how much can you get from a hip hop song on the radio? Do you have problems …
Universities with the Best Free Online Courses
No tuition money? No problem! There are many top universities that offer free courses online. This list ranks several of the best free university courses available for people who want …