the impact of learning a new language

Speed-Learning a New Language May Help Brain Grow        Learning a new language over a short period of time appears to make the brain grow, new research suggests.The new study included young recruits at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy who went from having no knowledge of a new language to speaking it fluently within 13 months. The recruits studied at a furious pace: from morning to evening, weekdays and weekends. 

It's nice and all, but...

It was nice and all, but it didn't quite live up to the hype.

A new restaurant opened recently in your city. It's gotten very positive reviews and you've heard several people talk about it. You went there this weekend and didn't like it as much as you expected. You're telling a friend what you think of the restaurant.

about myself

to be repeated rapidly

A Kentukian named Knott could not knit, so Knott invented a knitter called the Knott Knitter, but the Knott Knitter would not knit knots. One day while Knott was not knitting on the Knott Knitter, Knott invented an attachment for the Knott Knitter called the Knott Knitter Knotter. When Knott attached the Knott Knitter Knotter to the Knott Knitter, no man could knit knots like Knott knit on the Knott Knitter.
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Nickelback - Photograph

Look at this photograph 
Everytime I do it makes me laugh 
How did our eyes get so red 
And what the hell is on Joey's head

An English proverb

The devil finds work for idle hands -  if someone has nothing to do they'll soon do bad things

A mania for learning English

Jay Walker is fascinated by intellectual property in all its forms. His firm, Walker Digital, created Priceline and many other businesses that reframe old problems with new IT. In his private life, he's a bibliophile and collector on an epic scale

Cliff Richard and the dogs of love

Ian Mitchell

Moscow, Russia

Today I was trying to explain to a small group of lively and interesting students who work at a major multi-national company in Khimki how the word “bachelor” is used. I said that if you were talking of a 70-year old man and

How to learn tenses - ALL tenses!!

The most effective way to learn English grammar! In this lesson for all levels, James teaches  a way to learn all tenses in English without getting complicated. A simple, clear way to learn each tense. You can use this method for other topics, too!

Alcoholic Vervet Monkeys! - Weird Nature - BBC animals

This is the sleepy island of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.Three hundred years ago, vervet monkeys were brought here from West Africa along with slaves serving the rum industry. Escaped monkeys acquired a taste for alcohol by eating fermented sugar cane left in the fields. Today they satisfy their thirst by raiding local bars. 

The Funniest Joke in Canada

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity.

Embedded questions

Adjective pairs

Short and sweet? Loud and clear? Nice and warm? Get into the rhythm of the English language by learning 8 commonly-used adjective pairs to express your thoughts more clearly and powerfully.

Test your understanding of this English lesson

1. I'm sick and ________ of not making enough money! I'm going to change my career!

·        a) clear          b) tired           c) safe