Did you catch King Felipe’s speech in the British parliament this week? What did you think of his English? Although we can imagine that he’s had access to the best language training that money can buy, I think we should feel pretty impressed by his English language skills. Here’s another example of his English, from…
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Welcome to The Baker’s Dozen, a series of posts that will be looking at the world of baking and sharing with you a traditional recipe. When you start talking about food and culinary experiences, the UK doesn’t generally come out very well. If you mention British food most people here would tell you how awful…
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El pasado día 21 de junio celebramos nuestro primer Open Day. Desde King’s Training quisimos que este, al ser el primero, Day fuese lo más especial posible y ¡lo conseguimos! Para empezar todos los participantes se llevaron una bonita bolsa de King’s Training, con un pack de carpeta, bloc y bolígrafo y además pudieron disfrutar…
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For many of us, summer is a time to catch up on some reading. In this month’s Spread the Word, we’ll be looking at expressions related to the world of books and reading. So, are you a bookworm? That’s someone who loves to read. We can also refer to a book lover or an avid…
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Notoriously forgetful goldfish have an attention span of about 9 seconds. That´s not surprising right? How big could their brains be? Amazingly though, a recent study by Microsoft Corp. now shows that the human race´s attention span is even worse than that of a goldfish, performing at around 8 seconds. This is down from a…
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El miércoles 21 de junio, ven a disfrutar de un día de eventos especiales donde podrás participar en clases, talleres y charlas totalmente gratis. Sabemos que elegir una buena academia de inglés es una decisión importante para tu futuro así que en nuestro día de jornadas abiertas queremos que conozcas a nuestro equipo. Estas son…
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There are many important sporting events held in June and two prime examples are Royal Ascot and The America’s Cup. This month’s Spread the Word uses these two events as inspiration as we look at equestrian and maritime idioms created centuries ago and still in use today. Our first stop is the racecourse at Ascot, Berkshire, England where every…
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Before introducing the subject of this post I would like you to consider the following word: Rock The first association that occurs to you is probably this: However, as with any polysemic word (one with multiple meanings) there are other possibilities. In this case, a verb: ‘to rock’ which refers to the kind of movement…
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Hoy es el día mundial de la repostería y qué mejor modo de celebrarlo que haciendo nosotros mismos un postre. Pero no te lo queremos poner fácil, te vamos a dar 3 recetas de dulces populares en países de habla inglesa y por supuesto te daremos las recetas en inglés y déjanos en comentarios si…
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La semana pasada en King´s Training tuvimos las primeras dos sesiones de nuestro programa complementario de formación para profesores, the Teacher Forums. Los foros son sesiones de dos horas de discusión a las cuales cualquier profesor de King´s Training puede acudir y aportar ideas para el coloquio y debate sobre la metodología y práctica de…
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