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What kind of learner are You? Have you ever wondered why you may have done particularly well in a specific subject at school or university? Apart from the fact that a subject may have interested you quite a lot, it could have to do with the type of teaching you encountered in that specific classroom, or what you did differently in learning for...
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How to Write a Great Cover Letter Applying for a job can be stressful and often people spend a lot of time working on their CV and then just write a...
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Writing Professional Emails Even with the increased use of chat messaging services like Slack and MS Teams, email remains the key form of...
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Strategies for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 (2/2) In our last post we looked at how to introduce, plan and structure your IELTS academic writing...
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English Idioms about Happiness Smile! The 20th of March is the International Day of Happiness. In honour of this cheerful occasion, we’ll be looking...
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Spooky Sayings: The Halloween Edition What kind of dog do vampires have? A bloodhound. Yes, it’s that time of year again. No, not the time for cheesy...
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Learning English with ChatGPT Love it or hate it, AI is here to stay. A lot of folks are talking about ChatGPT and if you haven’t been living under a...
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How to Talk about Love in English Love is in the air! And no, that doesn’t mean it’s a bug you can catch (although it is contagious, so beware)....
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Great Songs with Terrible Mistakes It has been said that music is a brilliant way to learn how to speak English correctly, which is absolutely true,...
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How to Overcome the Fear of Speaking in English As a youngster, I remember trying to speak Afrikaans, a common language here in South Africa. I...
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Intro to the IELTS Writing Paper Like the rest of the exam, the IELTS academic writing paper takes some the skills and competencies required for...
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Intro to the IELTS Listening Paper The IELTS listening paper is split into four sections, with each section progressively more difficulty than the...
