English Language

By Rachel Rowland (ABC School’s Academic Coordinator). Valentine’s Day, also known as Saint Valentine’s Day, is celebrated annually in the UK on 14th February and it is seen as the most romantic day of the year. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, I thought...

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By Rachel Rowland (ABC School’s Academic Coordinator). Reading is one of the best ways to improve your English language skills and widen your vocabulary. You should choose to read about topics that interest you and try to read books, magazines,...

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By John Moran (Teacher of ABC School of English). One of the strengths of the Callan Method is that the student’s pronunciation is consistently corrected. The teacher corrects the students by repeating their wrong pronunciation and then giving them the...

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By Rachel Rowland ( ABC’s Academic Coordinator ) Learning a new language can be very difficult, especially for those who find it difficult to memorise new words and phrases. We’ve all been in the situation where we have to learn vast quantities of...

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These are a few words from our lovely Callan method student Anne-Sophie to encourage you to watch this great movie and practice your English. A good way to improve your English! If you like cute, fresh and funny movies, you will like Paddington. A...

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By Rachel Rowland ( ABC’s Academic Coordinator ) The scariest time of the year is upon us. Many people will dress up as ghosts and ghouls on 31st October, ready to terrify their friends, family and neighbours! Many children will go from door to door,...

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by John Morgan (Teacher of ABC School of English) We think of there as being five conditionals in English. The zero conditional, 1st conditional, 2nd conditional, 3rd conditional and typically two mixed conditional forms. The zero conditional...

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About Harry Potter movies, I can say that after watching some other films, I found these ones easier to understand, and more useful for learning English than other kinds of movies. This was due to the fact that the English spoken in the collection is...

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By Rachel Rowland (ABC School’s Academic Coordinator) In this article, we are going to look at some of the social scenarios you may find yourself in whilst living and studying in the U.K and I will demonstrate how you can use modal verbs to help...

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By Rachel Rowland (ABC School’s Academic Coordinator) The Summer season is now in full swing and many people are enjoying the unusually hot weather in the U.K. The British, in particular, are very fond of discussing the weather. How many conversations...

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