Easter around the world
Do you know how Spain, Italy and other cultures celebrate Easter? As a child, the only holiday to look forward to after Christmas was Easter. I knew that it was intended to commemorate the...
EN Inglés Blog
How a foreigner learnt about Argentina’s history
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. I first arrived in Argentina last year, a few days before the last Día de la Memoria por la verdad y...
4 successful approaches to teaching English
Many English teachers in South America are going back to school this week. Lucky teachers will be returning to classes of attentive and interested students who have a real desire to learn English. Unfortunately,...
Cultural Differences in Etiquette
How do you greet someone you meet for the first time? The answer to this probably depends on where you are. If you try an Asian bow to say hello to someone in South...
Things Argentinians say
Six months ago, I wrote about what I had learnt from Argentinians. After spending a year in Argentina, I have finally stopped eating dulce de leche every day, I use un par to describe...
Five – Minute punctuation boost: commas.
Punctuation works in almost the same way between English and other European languages. In both Spanish and English you can easily insert one comma into this sentence, to invite Maria to eat, instead...
How to order the perfect coffee anywhere in the world
“A coffee please.” What could be so hard about that? If you ask for ‘a coffee‘ in a United States diner, you will generally be served a cup of filtered coffee, with the...
Dangerous Topics: A guide for English students to not offend anyone
I always tell my students not to be afraid; that the only way to learn is to make mistakes from time to time. This is something that is equally, if not more important for...
Interesting Word Origins
Most words are very old. Even though English (in the way we speak it today) has only existed for around 300 years, the roots of most words can be traced back for thousands...
10-Minute Pronunciation Boost 2: This or these? Yolks and jokes.
If English vowels were as simple as Spanish vowels, then I wouldn’t be writing this article. In Spanish, there are 5 vowels, and 5 vowel sounds. Perfect. In English, however, there are the same...
