The English Centre, Igualada

06/06/2016

Do you enjoy brain teasers? Test your problem solving skills as well as your English - try solving these English language riddles!

https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/lovely-language-riddles.php?utm_content=buffer87609&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Professional human translation agency Tomedes shares these delightful language riddles to puzzle and entertain all those with a love of language

31/05/2016

Busy with Cambridge exams. These are some of the candidates from Escola Joviat in Manresa.

09/05/2016

English studied in the classroom can be very different to English spoken by native speakers! For example, there are over 30 varieties of spoken English in Britain alone! Here are some examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

Siobhan Thompson performs a tour of the accents of the British Isles - and the celebrities who speak with them! Five lessons to help you do a better British ...

18/04/2016

There are 1.5 billion people in the world who are learning English as a foreign language! And can you guess how many countries have English as an official language? Take a look at this article!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/the-worlds-languages-in-seven-maps-and-charts-a6791871.html

These seven maps and charts, visualized by The Washington Post, will help you understand how diverse other parts of the world are in terms of languages.

09/04/2016

Have you ever wondered why the English language has so many words which mean the same thing? For example, "buy" and "purchase", or "understand" and "comprehend"? Find out why by watching this video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbVOTJHA21k

Why does English have so many words that have twins? Here's how we got to have two vocabularies, one based in Germanic roots, and one based in Latin. Produce...

01/04/2016

How well do you know your English idioms? Find out by taking this quiz!

http://www.playbuzz.com/billross10/do-you-know-which-word-completes-both-idioms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=swp&utm_campaign=Grammarly&sf21620607=1

Put your English skills to the test by finding the word that matches both idioms.

17/03/2016

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Ireland is just one of the many countries where English could take you. Here are some facts about its world-famous patron saint's day celebration:

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/top-ten-facts-you-never-knew-about-st-patricks-day-140846663-237432581.html

St. Patrick’s Day is the one day a year where everyone is a little bit Irish but how much do you know about Ireland's patron saint?

07/03/2016

Did you know that the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 entries, or that English is an official language in 79 countries and territories? Here are some more facts about English!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-anthony-jones/66-facts-you-may-not-have_b_5508623.html

The English language is, quite literally, the greatest language in the world. Great in terms of size - the current edition of the

24/02/2016

Should you need to revise modal verbs, this may be useful!

15/02/2016

English spelling is notoriously inconsistent - think about "cough", "through", "though", "enough", "bough"! This video will help you understand why it can be so difficult to spell in English even for native speakers!

http://mentalfloss.com/article/62995/why-english-spelling-so-weird

English spelling might seem crazy and unfair, but there are reasons for how it got to be that way.

08/02/2016

Some of these could definitely come in useful!

http://www.techinsider.io/11-olde-english-words-we-need-to-start-using-again-2015-11

Don't let a rawgabbit tell you otherwise.

20/01/2016

English speakers love playing with language! Can you make sense of any of these?

http://www.tickld.com/x/sp/15-grammatically-correct-sentences-that-most-people-find-impossible-hah

The old man the boats.