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Learning to talk about time and tell time in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013

Here is a nice site where you can print out your own worksheets. Most of…

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England, Great Britain, United Kingdom and English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 15, 2013March 3, 2013

England is one of three countries in Great Britain. The other two are Scotland and…

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English is a stupid language

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 14, 2013March 3, 2013

There is no egg in the eggplant, No ham in the hamburger And neither pine…

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The British Commonwealth

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 7, 2013March 3, 2013

Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam Cameroon Canada Cyprus…

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List of countries where English is an official language

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 6, 2013March 3, 2013

an interesting article here

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Ever heard of Wrap Rage?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 6, 2013May 7, 2014

From Wikipedia Wrap rage, also called package rage, is the common name for heightened levels of anger and frustration resulting…

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South African English Part 2

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 9, 2013

SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African…

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South African English Part 1

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013

We’re not called the rainbow nation for nothing. South Africa has 11 official languages, and…

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Latin words used in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 31, 2013January 31, 2013

Even though Latin is considered a dead language (no country officially speaks it), its influence…

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Telephone English – how it feels

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 31, 2013January 31, 2013

I called a company and a bird-like voice answered by saying Annika something or other.…

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