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Word of The Day: Dissident

Sue Lyon-Jones — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Tweet A dissident is a person who objects to the politics of the government that rules their country, and actively protests against them. Most political protests are serious, but from time to time political activists decide to express their dissent in...(read more)

Word of The Day: Preview

Sue Lyon-Jones — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Tweet A preview is a special event, organised to showcase a film or product before it is launched onto the market. This week, we attended the UK preview of a new film called The Sapphires. We thought it was a great film, and we really enjoyed it!* Watch...(read more)

Word of The Day: Surprise

Sue Lyon-Jones — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:03:00 GMT

Tweet A surprise is when something unexpected happens. Watch the video below to find out what happened when a zombie flash mob turned up to surprise people in Alverado who were waiting to catch a bus home one Friday afternoon :-) Related Activities: Halloween...(read more)

Word of The Day: Anniversary

Sue Lyon-Jones — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Tweet An anniversary is a point in time that marks an important event that is celebrated or remembered. This week marks the anniversary of two significant pop culture events : The fiftieth anniversary of James Bond and the fiftieth anniversary of the...(read more)

Word of the Day: Rap

Sue Lyon-Jones — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:16:00 GMT

Tweet Rap is a popular music genre which features rhyming lyrics chanted over instrumental music in time to the beat, by rap artists (or rappers). Watch the short video below about the rapper Azad Right to find out more: Related Quizzes: Vocabulary Quizzes...(read more)

Word of The Day: Carnival

Sue Lyon-Jones — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:02:00 GMT

Tweet A carnival is a large, organised street party and procession. Carnivals are popular events that are held all over the world to celebrate the heritage and culture of communities and other groups of people. People wear elaborate and colourful costumes,...(read more)

Word of The Day: Instrumental

Sue Lyon-Jones — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:50:00 GMT

Tweet An instrumental is a piece of music played by instruments only, without anybody singing or speaking over it. Watch the fun animated video below to see and hear an example of an instrumental piece of music. Related Quizzes: Vocabulary Quizzes and...(read more)

English Expressions: Cat Nap

Sue Lyon-Jones — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:17:00 GMT

Tweet A catnap is a short period of light daytime sleep, taken in the afternoon to catch up on sleep that was missed the previous night. As you may have guessed, the word 'catnap' is a compound word, made by joining the words cat and nap together to form...(read more)

World Humanitarian Day

Sue Lyon-Jones — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:41:00 GMT

Tweet image credit: nonu on Flickr,Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) The United Nations marked World Humanitarian Day on August the nineteenth to honor humanitarian workers who put their lives at risk on behalf of millions of destitute,...(read more)

Word of the Day: Jumbled

Sue Lyon-Jones — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:11:00 GMT

Tweet Jumbled is a word we use to describe things that are mixed up or out of order. Can you unscramble the jumbled words for Olympic sports in this word cloud? Click on the link below to do an online quiz and check your answers: The Summer Olympic Games...(read more)

Word of The Day: Peeve

Sue Lyon-Jones — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:56:00 GMT

Tweet A peeve is something that you find annoying enough to be bothersome. A pet peeve is something that particularly annoys you, over and above most minor annoyances. What is your personal, worst pet peeve? Watch the amusing video below about someone's...(read more)

Word of The Day: Gridlock

Sue Lyon-Jones — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:29:00 GMT

Word of the day, by esolcourses.com - gridlock. Gridlock happens when the roads get so busy that traffic can hardly move at all, and vehicles end up crawling along at a snail's pace. One of the biggest challenges at any Olympic Games is getting to and...(read more)

Word of The Day: Holidaymaker

Sue Lyon-Jones — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:51:00 GMT

Word of the day, by esolcourses.com - holidaymaker. A holidaymaker is a person who is on holiday. Blackpool is a traditional British holiday resort, which is very popular with holidaymakers. Watch this fun video to find out more about Blackpool, and learn...(read more)

Word of the day: Evolution

Sue Lyon-Jones — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:22:00 GMT

Tweet Evolution is the way that people and things undergo gradual change over long periods of time. Watch the interesting video clip below to find out more. Related Quizzes: Vocabulary Quizzes and Games for English Students >> Listening Activities and...(read more)

Word of the Day: Penny

Sue Lyon-Jones — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:07:00 GMT

Word of the day, by esolcourses.com: penny. A penny is a very small unit of currency, made of metal. Some people argue that pennies are a bit of a nuisance to carry round, and should be withdrawn from circulation. Others worry that without pennies, prices...(read more)