An interesting and funny look at the world. For students who have a reasonable vocabulary, but need to learn common expressions to progress to an advanced level.
Standard British accent.

The Social Evolutionary

Some things that seem unbelieveable about bananas.

Crazy facts about bananas!

In English exams with questions where you have to fill in the missing word, often they will put two words that sound good. But how do you know which one is correct?

Previous quiz question with a preposition trap! https://www.italki.com/en/quiz/quiz/370676

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Exam Tips: Filling in the missing word.

There are three different meanings in English for the word "esperar".

Remember to try the quiz questions to check you comprehension.

Hold on! What does "esperar" mean? (For Spanish students learning English.)

Improve your writing and pronunciation with this explanation of double consonants!
In a simple word, the vowel is pronounced with a short sound. If we want to pronounce a word with a long vowel sound, we write the letter "e" at the end of the word.
EXAMPLES:
hat - A simple word with a short "a" sound.
hate - The "e" turns the "a" into a long sound.
kit - short
kite - long
cut - short
cute - long
hop - short
hopped - short
hope - long
hoped - long
can - short
canned - short
canning - short
cane - long
caning - long
Pope - long
popped - short
big (adjective) - short
bigger (comparative) - short
the biggest (superlative) - short
Superman (1 p) - long
Supperman (2 ps) - short
write - long
written (past participle) - short


Superman v Supperman. Why do we write double letters?

This is a famous phrase from a movie, but is it true?

Does the rain in Spain stay mainly on the plain?

If you or your partner are a foreigner, is it frustrating, or sad, that your children don't speak the language, apart from maybe a few words?

We are Bilingual. So why aren't our kids?

Important words that make people happier all around the world.

Some examples in the recording:
Hello: Hola (Spanish), Ni hao (Chinese), Salam - سلام (Persian)
Please: Sils vous plait (French), bitte (German)
Thank you: obrigado (Portuguese), dyakuyu - дякую (Ukranian)

I hope my pronunciation wasn't too bad!

The Magic Word

Many Spanish people scratch their heads at the shocking translations of movie titles that have nothing to do with the original, or simply sound completely stupid.