30s are the new 20s. Episode 4: Guilty pleasures.
Today I skipped school. There you go, I said it. Before you jump to conclusions though, you have to know that the reason why I did it is that...
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30s are the new 20s. Episode 3: the next stop is…
Let’s exaggerate today. Let’s say that 40s are the new 20s. In 2015, in a period in which there are no frontiers anymore, in which we live in a flat world and...
30s are the new 20s. Episode 2: Brooklyn, the place to be.
Today it was “activity day”. Yay! I mean, it’s true I’m here to study but there are things that really never change. No matter if you’re 9, 16, 25...
30s are the new 20s. Episode 1: the Human Chain.
Yesterday I was watching Kitten Bawl (I promise, it’s a real TV show) while checking the weather forecast for today. The NY mayor was considering closing the schools because of...
30s are the new 20s. Pilot.
“It’s aaaawesoooome”, “OMG”, “ain’t nobody got time for that!” are only 3 of the numerous expressions I thought about when deciding to go for an “English refresh” course in the...
10 steps to overcome your fear of speaking in a foreign language
Some people can dive straight into foreign language conversations with a small vocabulary, lots of confidence and enthusiastic hand gesturing. For many of us, however, those first conversations can be...
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If you are one of those people who is simply not designed for cold weather (and there are plenty of us here at ESL), check out our warmest destinations around...
Why Australia has the world’s most exciting coffee (and how you can become a Barista while learning English)
When Howard Schultz visited Milan in the early 1980s, he had an epiphany. In the hundreds of cafes that lined the city streets, people were enjoying much more than coffee....
I don’t like cricket… I love it!
One of the biggest sporting events on the planet is coming up in the next couple of months, and you probably didn’t have a clue. The world’s estimated 2.5 billion...
How has language teaching changed?
If you haven’t stepped into a language classroom in the last fifteen years, you may be surprised to learn just how different the experience has become. Apart from the blackboards...
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