The Great Resignation Just Got Greater 02/12/21 / Keyword: Resignation Workforces across the USA are being upended by people quitting their jobs. Here are 4 reasons employers should be paying attention to these resignations. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary to upend: to set or turn (something) on its end or upside down to pinpoint: to find or…
School Days: Are They Really The Best Days of Our Lives? 25/11/21 / Keyword: School ECP coach John reminisces about his school days, looking back on good and bad experiences and wondering if they really were the best days of his life. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary wandered gingerly: walked cautiously in an unknown place distraught: very…
Can Anybody Learn To Be A DJ? 18/11/21 / Keyword: DJ In his spare time, ECP coach Kez likes to walk around Álava, as well as play the guitar. When he’s not doing that, he turns his hand to DJing. What is it, and how and why do you do it? Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary newcomer:…
How Men Slowed Down Rolling Luggage 11/11/21 / Keyword: luggage Why do some inventions and innovations take so long to happen? Maybe gender stereotypes are partly to blame. ECP coach Rob uses putting wheels on luggage as an example. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary blindingly obvious: very obvious to stare: to look fixedly at something with wide…
How Michael Jackson Let Paul McCartney Down 04/11/21 / Keyword: tracks If you haven’t heard any of the tracks that Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney recorded together, you might be even more surprised to learn that they used to be good friends. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary track: a song (especially on a CD) to feature: to…
Serial Killer’s Head in a Jar 28/10/21 / Keyword: Jar Scientists hoped serial killer’s head would contain the secrets of evil. Now the head sits in a jar spooking* passersby. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary *to spook: to frighten or unnerve quirky: unusual, especially in an interesting or appealing way gruesome: inspiring horror or repulsion trade: the…
Climate: Enough of the blah, blah, blah! Time for Action! 21/10/21 / Keyword: Climate The COP26 climate summit takes place in Glasgow in November. Greta Thunberg says politicians have to stop just talking and do something. ECP coach John agrees with her. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary blah, blah: something boring and without real meaningful content starkly:…
Dozens of Korean Words Added to OED 14/10/21 / Keyword: Korean New additions such as K-beauty, hallyu and mukbang highlight Korean culture wave as interest in the country’s food, fashion and entertainment spreads Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary to sweep through: to affect quickly and widely to allude to: to bring attention to something indirectly cuisine: synonym…
An Insight into the ‘Clutch Moments’ of an Interpreter 07/10/21 / Keyword: interpreter Did you know that at ECP we also work as translators and interpreters? In this week’s article, ECP coach Rob talks about working as an interpreter for top basketball team Baskonia. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary insight: a good/profound understanding of something fist pump:…
How to Use the ECP Website to Practise This Summer 24/06/21 / Keyword: ECP Have you ever visited the ECP website? If not, you are missing a host of free resources that you can use to practise your English this summer! Here’s a guide to help you. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary in a row: in succession,…
