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Eight tips for your oral French or English exam
An oral exam is a daunting prospect for many students, especially if it is in another language. It remains a nerve-wracking moment for many, whether you are in high school or attending college or university. Do you have to take an oral exam in …
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Rietveld chair: Lesson idea
This lesson letter explains how you can make a Rietveld chair with your students, in other words a chair such as Gerrit Rietveld's Red-Blue chair.
The following matters are discussed:- a list of supplies;
- a step-by-step plan with accompanying …
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Academic English: do's and don'ts
Most students have a good basic or even advanced knowledge of English. Yet writing in academic English is often a stumbling block for many. Academic texts are not just formal texts, they require a certain style.
In this article you will find ten tips …
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Conditionals: English if sentences (if clauses)
If I had ten million, I would ask the Queen to come for afternoon tea. If you had ten million, what would you do?
Those first two sentences are if clauses. With if sentences you indicate a condition in English; in Dutch you do that with als. Such …
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American and British English: The History and Differences
We are all confronted with English; both American and British English. Both are correct, but at school we learn British English. What exactly is the difference between British and American English? And how did these differences arise historically?
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Misused English Proverbs: Blog Post
We all know some funny and erroneous English sayings and proverbs like unfortunately peanut butter or I fell with the door in house . But what are the right variants? In this article you will get the correct variant of some common erroneous …
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Present perfect continuous: Brief summary
The present perfect continuous , was that with to have added, or with being , or both? After reading this article, it will be clear to you when to use the present perfect continuous and how to form it.
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Present perfect simple: Brief summary
There are four present tenses in English, but when do you use which present tense? And more importantly, how do you shape those times?
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Present continuous: Brief summary
The present continuous is the progressive form of the present tense in English. That time indicates that something is happening for a certain amount of time. In other words, the emphasis is on the duration of an action. In this article you will get …
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Present simple tense: Brief summary
The present simple is not simple, but that is no tense in English. Adhv Harry Potter the conjugation is explained.
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The history of the bicycle: Overview
This article covers the evolution of the bicycle in five steps, from balance bike to bicycle.
- Laufmachines and hobby horses
- Pedals on the balance bike
- Higher, faster and... more dangerous
- the tricycle
- A safety on pneumatic tires
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Boost your foreign languages with Netflix
Blog post explaining how Language Learning with Netflix works.
Via this extension you can play subtitles on Netflix in two languages in a Chrome browser and look up vocabulary in a foreign language.
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