This week’s article is based on a TEDx Talk by John Sharp and talks about how we can look back on our life and ‘edit’ it. To find out more, read this week’s Weekly English Practice! Click on the image to download the pdf Many of us hold deep beliefs about ourselves that are simply not true. Free yourself from them by editing your…
In this week’s Weekly English Practice, ECP coach Alison introduces the topic of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is a common problem at this time of year. Click on the image to download the pdf Last month, you may have heard about Blue Monday, the day rumoured to be the most depressing Monday of the year due to a combination of weather, work and…
In this week’s Weekly English Practice, ECP coach Rob talks about immigration in Vitoria and Alava and asks why people call him and his ECP colleagues ‘foreigners’ when they use the word ‘immigrants’ for people from non-European countries. Click on the image to download the pdf There are thousands of foreign workers in Alava but ECP coaches are rarely, if ever, called immigrants. Why…
ECP coach Darren talks about Dublin’s newest pub, The Virgin Mary. What makes this bar different is that it only serves alcohol-free drinks. To find out more, read this week’s Weekly English Practice! Click on the image to download the pdf Heard the one* about the Irish pub with no booze? * ”Have you heard the one about..” is a typical way of starting…
ECP coach Rob talks about how he is trying to reduce the amount of plastics he uses. To find out more, read this week’s Weekly English Practice! Click on the image to download the pdf By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in our seas if things don’t change soon and drastically Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read…
ECP coach Kez talks about a protest in India. To find out more, read this week’s Weekly English Practice! Click on the image to download the pdf They were asserting their right to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala – and have given hope for women’s rights Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text: to uphold:…
Is it ever OK to charge family for Christmas lunch? To get involved in this heated debate, read this week’s Weekly English Practice! Click on the image to download the pdf Is it ever OK to charge family for Christmas lunch? (If so, how much?) Hosting Christmas lunch for friends and family can be expensive, so could charging them for the meal be…
ECP coach Rob explains why Iceland – the UK supermarket chain, not the country – has had problems with its 2018 Christmas TV advert about s young orangutan and plam oil. Click on the image to download the pdf Are orangutans and palm oil too political for Christmas TV? A supermarket’s Christmas advert is banned from TV but then becomes an internet, and social,…
ECP coach Darren talks about “accentism” and its effect on British society Click on the image to download the pdf “Accentism” is the new classism which determines social status Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and find it in the text: posh: in an upper-class way speech: the act of speaking make an impression: produce a strong effect on someone notion:…
ECP coach John describes the #ThisIsNotConsent campaign and the growing opposition to victim-blaming Click on the image to download the pdf Politician holds up a pair of knickers in Irish parliament in protest against misogynistic rape myths Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and find it in the text: to blame: to assign responsibility for a problem to someone/something trial: a…
