The Talking Point series provides an opportunity to discuss things in English, exchange ideas, and learn from each other. According to Wikipedia, a fact is an occurrence in the real world. For example, “This sentence contains words.” is a linguistic fact, and “The sun is a star.” is an astronomical fact. Further, “Abraham Lincoln was … Continue Reading
Difficult to understand but pure fun, this video pushes you to your limits. If you like a challenge, you are certainly going to enjoy this…
I recently received an email from a friend, which contained the following sentence: I’m busy with my new job at the Law universitarian Library… Is this correct? The short answer is, “No, it isn’t.” The long answer is, “No, it isn’t, but…”
So you are in a party at someone’s home or out with friends in a club. You are dancing, or just sitting and watching your friends dance. It’s a lively rhythmic tune and you start clapping your hands in time with the music. Not bad, not bad at all… But have you ever tried snapping … Continue Reading
In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English. You see below a poorly written text with quite a few mistakes. Our task for this workshop is to spot the mistakes and write a correct version of the text. My … Continue Reading
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. It is about the life of Garfield the cat and Odie the dog. They both belong to Jon Arbuckle. Let’s enjoy a Garfield comic strip together!
I quite often see my students confuse “borrow” with “lend”, but they really shouldn’t! As you will see, the difference between “borrow” and “lend” is simple and clear. Let’s look at a simple scenario: You have bought a new TV and now you don’t have enough money to pay your rent. So you ask your … Continue Reading
At Epitech Lille, my students have been creating their own English memes. Join us to explore the their memes and vote for the best!
In this post, Nathalie tells about a delicious Easter lamb recipe:
Brown the lamb with onions for 10 minutes with oil and butter and season with salt and pepper. Then, sprinkle the flour and add the tomato paste with the “bouquet garni” (mixed herbs)…