If you are learning a second language, then you must be really familiar with the ups and downs, the highs and the lows, the challenges and the joys... of the journey to proficiency!
Take a look at this fantastic Buzzfeed article, which covers the 10 stages of learning English as a second language. It also features EC English! :)
We hope you'll enjoy reading it... We will be sharing more interesting articles for you to read in the near future!
Friends, music, food and fun… these are the main ingredients of a good party! Today we're going to 'celebrate' a few of the different types of parties you can enjoy.
Housewarming Party: When you move into a new house or apartment, you throw a housewarming party to celebrate your new home and show it to your friends.
Using 'since' and 'because' can be confusing, so here's the main difference between the two.
'Since' refers to time and 'because' refers to causation.
e.g. Since I quit drinking, I'm feeling much healthier.
e.g. Because I quit drinking I no longer suffer from headaches in the morning.
Fill in the blanks by using either 'since' or 'because'.
With neither team _1_ in the first 90 minutes, the match went into _2_ time and Mario Gotze scored a winning goal for his country just 7 minutes before the end of the match.
The Argentinian team seemed devastated after losing the game, with Lionel Messi looking _3_ as he collected his medal.
Many commented that Messi was not at his _4_ during this match, and missed many opportunities to score.
Do you remember our lesson about how to express negative emotions? Let's talk about positive emotions today :)
Here is a mix of adjectives you could use with the verbs 'to feel' or 'to be', some examples, as well as their meanings:
- to be ecstatic/elated = to feel or express ecstasy; intense happiness; joyful excitement.
I was ectastic when my sister told me she was pregnant!
There are lots of colour idioms in English, and in a previous lesson we looked at 10 of them. Here are a few more for you to learn and practise.
Colour idioms and their definitions:
(to) catch red handed: To catch a person in the middle of doing something wrong, or committing a crime.
golden opportunity: An amazing opportunity that you only have once chance to take.
out of the blue: Something very unexpected.
Guess the missing lyrics!
The Eagles' classic "Hotel California" was released as a single in February 1977. The song won the 1977 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Hotel California" at the 20th Grammy Awards in 1978.
The song is the band's interpretation of the high life in 1970s Los Angeles, and the American dream.
Listen carefully and fill in the blanks to complete the lyrics of this all-time rock hit:
The year can be separated into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall in American English) and winter. Which is your favourite season of the year?
It's easy to have a good time in the summer when the sun is out. We can spend more time outside and the warm weather puts everyone in a good mood. From barbeques to hiking in the mountains, summer provides more opportunity to do fun stuff.
This month's cartoon is based on the word moving.
Moving (adjective)
When something makes us have strong feelings of sadness or sympathy, it is moving.
"She wrote him a very moving letter."
"I was moved by a story I saw on the news."
Yesterday I _1_ the strangest dream; I dreamt that I could fly. It felt so real _2_ high above the streets, up with the birds and clouds. Even stranger was none of my friends _3_ interested when I showed them I could suddenly fly. They didn't care or pay me any attention.
