Worldwide English Proficiency
Education First did a survey of English levels in countries that don’t have native English speakers. They ranked Norway as number 1. Japan was ranked number 14. http://www.tofugu.com/2011/04/14/japan-english-proficiency-world-comparison/ Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak Getting Numbers Right Enjoying Learning English How ok took over the world Please support my blog by clicking this blog site [...]
Posted by Aidan under English | Permalink | 2 Comments »Acronyms & Tech Speak
With the rise in popularity of the Internet, more computer terms and acronyms have come into common usage. One of the most common is LOL = Laugh Out Loud. LOL has now been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12893416 Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak Most Hated Cliches Idiom Dictionary Collective Nouns All the [...]
Posted by Aidan under English | Permalink | 2 Comments »Enjoying Learning English
Probably the biggest factor in how well students learn a foreign language is how much they enjoy learning it and how much enthusiasm they have. I taught students in Japan that would do lots of study, but didn’t enjoy it and didn’t practice outside class and didn’t show much improvement in their language skills. Then [...]
Posted by Aidan under English | Permalink | 2 Comments »How ok took over the world
The word okay is one of the most commonly used words in lots of different languages. It is such a useful expression that it has become parts of lots of languages. How ‘OK’ took over the world http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12503686 Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak How ok took over the world British English versus Canadian English [...]
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