Language teachers tell their students “don’t forget to keep in contact with the language over the summer”. This is essential advice, but I would like…

The idea that music brings people together, at least temporarily, as a kind of common language is well known. However, like any cultural force (football…

I am sure that in English classes this week everyone has been revising language like ‘blackout’, ‘power cut’ and ‘power outage’. Power failures, like the…

The word ‘swift’, as an adjective, is a synonym of ‘fast’. But ‘swift’ is also a noun. A swift is a bird which I begin…

I am one of those people who would be lost without Google Maps to get from one place to another. I am (easily) old enough…

Spring is nearly here! March is a time for better weather, blooming trees, hope and looking forward. ‘To look forward’ is used figuratively in English…

I am British and, possibly due to that fact, the first thing I do in the morning is have a cup of tea… and then…

The 14th of February is………. International Book Giving Day, an opportunity to share a love of books with others. I often think giving books as…

I am writing mainly to present our ‘Hello January’ language and activity sheet, which you can access by clicking on the image below, but I…

Welcome to 2025 and another year of developing language skills! I think it’s clear that people need a sense of things ending and beginning again…