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How to learn Christmas vocabuary

In a few weeks is Christmas and all over the world, it is celebrated. There are Christmas markets (some of them start also this week) with many lights, delicacies like gingerbread or hot mulled wine and little things to buy for yourself or your friends. The time before Christmas is magical and even though it …

False Friends in French

As an English speaker you could find false friends in other languages. A few weeks ago we wrote an article about false friends in Italian which you can read here. But also in French you will find a lot of false friends which could be a little bit confusing for language learners. If you want …

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Christmas vocabulary and traditions from around the world

  Christmas vocabulary and traditions from around the world   Are you interested in knowing what essential Christmas symbols are called in other languages? Find out below and read some interesting traditions which take place around the world.   Christmas traditions around the world   United Kingdom Kids believe that Santa Claus leaves gifts in …

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Top tips on how to remember second language vocabulary

One of the big challenges when learning a foreign language is finding the best ways to remember second language vocabulary.   There will be masses of new vocabulary to digest and memorize and it takes time, patience, diligence, and organisation to build up a good repertoire.   As always with anything related to foreign language …

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Word of the day

  WORD OF THE DAY   Subscribe to a word of the day and learn a new word every day!   English: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/ https://www.wordthink.com/ https://www.learnersdictionary.com/word-of-the-day https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/word-of-the-day.htm https://www.oed.com/emailupdates   German: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/german.html https://www.germaneveryday.com/   Spanish: https://www.spanishdict.com/wordoftheday https://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/es https://www.spanishcentral.com/word-of-the-day   French: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/french.html https://www.frenchpod101.com/french-phrases/ https://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/2014/07/19/balmy   Italian: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/italian.html https://www.italianpod101.com/italian-phrases/   If you want to subscribe to a word of …