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In our blog posts, you can read about learning English, and you can also find interesting facts about the language and the culture of English-speaking countries.
Saint Patrick’s Day post
SAint Patrick's day All things green, shamrocks, leprechauns and high mood with lots of alcohol. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. What makes it so popular and what is it in the first place? Saint Patrick (c. 385 –...
Easter in the anglo-saxon world
Everybody knows Christmas. It is the favourite holiday for many people. But do you know the typically British/American Christmas traditions?
How a Levelty course is created
A step by step description of how a Levelty course is created The new intermediate level Levelty course is under way, the work process has begun. Would you like to know how it is made? How we decide what the story will be? Or how we agree on the grammar items to...
9 tips to motivate yourself
I’m sure you are a hard-working language learner. However, it sometimes happens that you don’t feel like sitting down to learn English. Let me give you a bunch of tips how to motivate yourself.
Xmas in the anglo-saxon world
Everybody knows Christmas. It is the favourite holiday for many people. But do you know the typically British/American Christmas traditions?
Where does Halloween come from? – upper-intermediate
Do you celebrate Halloween? Or do you celebrate the "Day of the Dead" or "All Saints' Day" by paying a visit to the cemetery to the graves of your deceased relatives? While in the USA and Ireland, Halloween is one of the jolliest festivities of the year, it is a time...
Where does Halloween come from? – Intermediate
Do you celebrate Halloween? Or do you celebrate the "Day of the Dead" or "All Saints' Day" by paying a visit to the cemetery to the graves of your beloved dead relatives? While in the USA and Ireland, Halloween is one of the jolliest festivities of the year, it is a...
Where does Halloween come from? – Pre-intermediate
Do you celebrate Halloween? Or do you just go to the cemetery to visit the graves of your dead relatives on the "Day of the Dead" or "All Saints' Day"? In the USA and Ireland, Halloween is one of the loudest festivities of the year with lots of fun, it is a time of...
6 ways to remember words easily
6 ways to remember words easily Many people complain that it's hard to remember new words. They forget the words themselves and/or forget their meaning. What can you do? I'll show you a couple of techniques. Before I show you anything, let me summarize what you should...
Can we call a thing ‘she’?
Can we call a thing 'she'? He/She/It. Simple and self-evident. Or is it? You would think that we use ‘it’ to refer to objects, and you are right. But there are some exceptions. When I hear the question 'can we call a thing a she', the picture of a musician comes to my...
New Year’s Resolutions – What is it and where does it come from?
Making promises at New Year has gained popularity after the Second World War, especially on the Western Hemisphere. But the tradition of New Year’s Resolutions dates back a long time. Babylon The Babylonians, about 4000 years ago, were the first people recorded in...