Click on the image to download the pdf A Japanese company has decided to grant its non-smoking staff an additional six days of holiday a year to make up for the time off smokers take for cigarette breaks. Vocabulary Read…
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09/11/17 Alcohol helps you speak English better – but other factors are more important!
Click on the image to download the pdf A recent study looked at alcohol’s effects on speaking a second language. ECP’s exclusive survey asked students about other factors too. Vocabulary Read and check you understand…
26/10/17 Ten Days That Shook the World
Click on the image to download the pdf A summary of the eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution by American journalist John Reed Vocabulary Read and check you understand this before you read and listen…
19/10/17 How well do you know your ECP coach?
Click on the image to download the pdf And how good are you at spotting fake news stories? Vocabulary Read and check you understand this before you read and listen to the article: toddler: a…
12/10/17 Meditation made interesting
Click on the image to download the pdf If you want the emotional and health benefits of meditation, but feel uncomfortable sitting like Buddha, you are not the only one. Vocabulary Read and check…
05/10/17 The Life Cycle Of A T-shirt
Click on the image to download the pdf Annually, we sell and buy two billion t-shirts globally, but how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what is its environmental impact? Vocabulary Read and…
29/06/17 International Brigade Memorial
Click on the image to download the pdf Rugby-born and Barcelona-based artist Rob MacDonald wants to create a memorial to honour International brigadistas who died in 1937 when their ship was sunk by a fascist…
23/06/17 Have You Met Any Of These Idiots?
Click on the image to download the pdf You will feel better about yourself when you read these short stories Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and listen to the article:…
15/06/17 Are VIP Packages Ruining Rock Festivals?
Click on the image to download the pdf “Watching some guy get a pedicure in an air-conditioned tent is not very rock & roll” Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and…
08/06/17 Leo Varadkar, Gay Son Of Indian Immigrant, To Be Next Irish PM
Click on the image to download the pdf The 38-year-old politician will replace outgoing taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny after winning Fine Gael leadership contest Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you…