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Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Two interesting articles from the last week

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  • Posted on February 19, 2012December 6, 2012

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-say-what-you-like-the-world-still-judges-us-by-the-way-we-speak-6988805.html   http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/05/will-hutton-learn-foreign-languages

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Mac vs. PC

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  • Posted on February 2, 2012December 7, 2012

A few people have asked me what I use and which I prefer. Well, the…

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English lesson for independent work

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 2, 2012March 3, 2013

Here is a nice lesson on Steve Jobs. It is made from an authentic article and…

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Top Movies

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  • Posted on January 31, 2012December 7, 2012

As promised, the list of recommended movies. They are in no particular order Gone with…

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Filofax Sweden Sale – 90 kr!

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  • Posted on November 14, 2011December 6, 2012

I carry an A5 filofax wherever I go. It’s heavy but carries my complicated calendar (I am…

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Poppy Day

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  • Posted on November 11, 2011December 7, 2012

      At 11am on 11 November 1918 the First World War came to…

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Spelling Aloud

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  • Posted on November 6, 2011October 29, 2012
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Phonetic Alphabet

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  • Posted on November 6, 2011October 29, 2012

International Phonetic Alphabets for international dialects The sounds of English and English pronunciation Free easy…

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Conditionals Part 1 by Aidan Isherwood

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  • Posted on October 25, 2011December 7, 2012

Many of you know my colleague Aidan Isherwood. He is fantastic at grammar and has…

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Two new online dictionaries

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  • Posted on October 23, 2011December 7, 2012

http://interglot.com/ http://bab.la/ I have tested both and they work very well!    

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