Today, English is spoken by a quarter of the world’s population and it has been forecast that by 2020, two billion people will be able to speak it at a useful level. More and more people around the world are choosing to study abroad in an English speaking country to improve their language level as… Read More »
When you are sharing drinks with friends, we sometimes give a toast or raise our glasses and say something that means how nice it is to be together at this moment. Some common expressions for drinks are: Cheers To us! Salut! (We use a lot of French words around food and eating) To our health!… Read More »
In November 2014, Simon O’Donovan, a teacher and teacher trainer at St Giles London Central, travelled to Nkwanta, Ghana for 3 weeks to train a group of teachers as part of a project run by the St Giles Educational Trust. Here he tells us about this amazing experience. Eight hours North-East of Accra, Ghana, sits… Read More »