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Hello! Remember we told you how important motivation is? Well, Alfred Mercier agrees with us. Alfred Mercier was an American poet, writer and doctor. He was a big defendor of Creole literature and music – creole language is a natural language that has developed from mixing two others. In Mercier’s case, he was one of [...]
Don’t you miss disco music? I do! Things have changed a lot since the seventies and whether you were alive during that decade or not, I think we all miss it. Those were the years in which people started talking about “world peace” and the environmentalist movement began. Music, fashion and many other things have [...]
Hi! Today we found a great quote from the Czech Republic: “Those who know many languages live as many lives as the languages they know”. When we learn a new language, we also learn about its culture, its history and its people. That’s a beautiful thing, right?
Hi! I hope everything is well with you. Have you heard of April Fool’s Day? April 1st is an important in date in many countries’ calendar, including the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and France, because it is April Fool’s Day. No-one knows the origin of April Fool’s Day but it is a [...]
When we begin learning a new language it can be hard to keep our motivation; we are shy and nervous about speaking, we are scared of making mistakes. And then we stop trying, and just say “but I can’t speak English”. Yes you can. You are beginning. You simply can’t speak English YET. So remember [...]