Kez Walks Through an A to Z of Álava’s Villages 15/10/20 / Keyword: walks Do you know the wonderful song, “(I’m gonna be) 500 miles” by the Proclaimers? Could ECP coach Kez go that far on his walks across Álava during this strange summer? Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary Read and check you understand this vocabulary before…
Some Myths About the Reality of Remote Working 08/10/20 / Keyword: Remote Working ECP coach Alison asks the question: is remote working all it’s cracked up to be*? Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. remote working: working from home *all it’s cracked…
Getting Spanish Citizenship is an Expensive Business 01/10/20 / Keyword: Citizenship After living in the Basque Country for 26 years, ECP coach Rob has decided to apply for Spanish citizenship. Click HERE to download the Weekly English Practice as a PDF. Useful vocabulary Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. citizenship: the status of being a…
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary June 2020 marked the 10th anniversary of our cooperative and that meant that we have been producing the Weekly English Practice for 10 years too! This is the last Weekly English Practice of this course. Thanks for watching, reading and listening to the WEP! See you again in the autumn! Click here to download the WEP as a PDF. Listen…
Will computers ever be able to handle ambiguity in language? ECP coach Ali investigates how ambiguity in the English language can confuse computers. Click here to download the WEP as a PDF. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. to pose: to constitute, to represent (a problem, a challenge, a danger) hopeless: very bad, useless world…
ECP coach Darren ‘Kez’ Kurien tells us what his ‘new normality’ is like. What has working life been like since the beginning of the lockdown? What does ‘new normality’ really mean? Click here to download the WEP as a PDF. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. lockdown: a state of isolation used as a security…
ECP coach Darren talks about why he is missing sport so much during the lockdown. No, it’s not only a game. Missing sport is so much more than that. Click here to download the WEP as a PDF. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. unlikely: improbable, very small chance something will happen take their mind…
Breaking news! Scientists create a Schrödinger Spanish omelette both with and without onion. Spanish cuisine can finally be reunited after decades of conflict. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. spuds: an informal word for potato staple: the main or an important element of something to sit on the fence:…
Last Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of Edurne Pasaban becoming the first woman to climb all fourteen 8000ers. ECP coach Rob Hextall finds out more about the Basque climber. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. 8000er: a mountain over 8,000 metres high to be knackered: to be exhausted…
This Sunday is the International Day Against Homophobia – IDAHO – and marks the 30th anniversary of a crucial achievement for LGBTQ rights. ECP coach Ali looks into IDAHO and what it means to the LGBTQ community. Click here to download the WEP as a PDF. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text: up to speed:…
