Thanks to the entertainment industry, most non-native English speakers know that there are two main variants of English: American English (AmE) and British English (BrE). While language learners may have a preference for one or the other, neither variant is […]
The Evolution of the English Language and How Technology Will Shape Its Future – Part 1 (published on 12 August 2016) English might not be the most widely spoken language in the world by sheer numbers – that laurel goes […]
When it comes to grammar and pronunciation, the English language is full of pitfalls. You need only think of the sentence ‘I decided to desert my dessert in the desert’ to get an idea of just how challenging English can […]
Federico Fellini famously said, “A different language is a different version of life.” Being able to speak one or more languages other than your mother tongue thus gives you the opportunity to live a different life for each new language. […]
The United Kingdom was certainly divided in the months leading up to the Brexit vote. And, even when the morning of the referendum came, no one was sure which way it would swing. It was only by the slightest of […]
Of all the hurdles language learners face, false friends are perhaps the most frustrating. False friends or false cognates are words that look or sound the same in two different languages, but have completely different meanings. For Spanish and English […]
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