Generally, it is difficult to express emotions in our own language. Sometimes a simple “I love you” is not enough to express a passionate love or an unbearable need for that person, so we find ourselves searching and searching for terms that help us find the right words to express what we feel.
The holiday season is very close. We all know it as the time to be with family, a time of gifts, feasts and celebrations. That’s Christmas in most of the world; but each country has their own Christmas traditions. Through this article, we will try to transport you to the typical Christmas in England, so that you know their curiosities and how their people live it.
The time has come to take out your Christmas sweaters (or jumpers as they say in the United Kingdom), leave your socks hanging from the fireplace and get fully into the festive mode by singing Christmas carols throughout the day. In order to prepare for the holiday season of the year, and be ready to celebrate with your friends and family around the world, why not learn to say Merry Christmas in several languages?
We all know the typical way of saying “hello”, but it’s not the only one out there. There are colloquial expressions that make greetings a bit more dynamic, cheerful and less boring.
In an English language immersion environment, you will encounter one and a thousand situations in which you had never imagined having to use English.
As every year, the most terrifying night of the year arrives, and one of the inevitable stops in the Halloween vocabulary of English language. Depending on your country, you probably know about this holiday, although maybe you don’t know much about it.
The definition of ‘cockney’ is that of an individual born anywhere in London from where you can hear the chimes of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, located between the stations of Bank and St. Paul’s. This condition generally includes almost all districts of the so-called East End of London.
The world has always had the need for an international language. Before, it was for the spread of religion and for intellectuals to engage in debates. Today, it is more about communicating with other people from any culture and part of the world.
Like many other people learning English, you might also think that if you can master grammar and writing you can master the English language. But you may be wrong thinking that as the English language is so much more than just grammar and writing. Popular culture, or as we like to call it ‘Pop Culture’, is the biggest part of learning English.
During our English Summer School in the UK, students of our Summer Courses in Britain are taken to see some of the sights in London; like museums, markets and a cruise on the river Thames.
