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Good morning! As you know, yesterday we celebrated the Chinese New Year (Kung Hei Fat Choi!). It’s the most important festivity in the Chinese calendar. Traditions vary from region to region, but decorations are put up all over the towns and it’s popular for families to clean their house, preparing for the new year. On [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! From ABA English we hope you have a beautiful day surrounded by family and friends. And if your culture does not celebrate Christmas, we hope you too are also having an amazing day full of love and goodwill. Have you watched the Oscar winning film, The King’s Speech? It is based on [...]
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a historical novel writen by John Boyne. The book is written from the point of view of an innocent, nine year old boy, living through World War II. Reading Level Intermediate Genre Historical Fiction Length About 217 pages Original Date of Publishing 2007 According to an interview with [...]
As you might know, one of Spain’s most famous traditions in bullfighting. This barbaric practice has finally come to an end in the region of Catalonia (where Barcelona and ABA English are!) . The ban comes into effect in January 2012, but the bullfighting show of September 25th was the last of the season, meaning [...]
A long, long time ago, in the year 1500, a Portuguese fleet of ships led by Pedro Alvares Cabral arrived on the beaches of a beautiful, unknown land: Brazil. By 1549, Brazil was considered a Royal Colony of Portugal – the only South American country to be ruled by the Portuguese. Colonial Brazil was used [...]