English Language

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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By Rachel Rowland ( ABC School’s Academic Coordinator ) Many English language students find it very difficult to pronounce some words and phrases in English and quite often, teachers do not pay enough attention to this very important area of language...

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By Rachel Abbott (Academic Co-ordinator, ABC School) An issue that many language learners have is that the English they hear has to be processed in real time. There is very little time to pause and think about what has been said in a conversation and...

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By Rachel Abbott ( ABC’s Academic Coordinator ) Chunks of Language Many language experts believe that grammar and vocabulary should not be seen as isolated parts of a language and some believe that grammar has less importance than vocabulary. Some...

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