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How an Exchange Experience Will Change Your Life (Part II): WHY You Should Consider Studying Abroad
I hope that the recount of my personal experience studying abroad inspired you to consider taking the leap (metaphor for jumping off of a cliff into water—do something that’s fun, but scary) yourself. If you’re not completely convinced, then I will inspire you further now! Don’t forget to read Part I if you haven’t done…
Read MoreLearn English with Music: Time (Pink Floyd)
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.” Join the Real Life English International Community How much TIME have you spent trying to learn English? How much TIME have…
Read MoreLearn English with Comic Strips—Garfield the Cat
If you want to master the English language, you need to fall in love with the culture. Whether it’s music, TV shows, movies, or comic strips, the more you can enjoy English media, the quicker you’re going to learn English. Here at Real Life English, we believe language learning should be fun. It shouldn’t be a…
Read MoreHow I Met Your Mother: Learn English with T.V.
Hey, shouldn’t you be doing your English homework? Or at least practicing some grammar, or doing a boring vocabulary exercise? That’s probably the last thing you want to do when you get home from work. You’d probably prefer to just sit back, relax and turn on the TV. Why don’t you do both at the…
Read More6 Reasons to Study English & Live in Canada
So, you’re thinking of going to Canada, eh? For many people around the world, when they hear the word Canada, they instantly have the image of cold snowy winters, maple leaves and hockey. While these things are certainly part of Canada and Canadian culture, more and more foreigners are discovering it is also a great…
Read MoreLearning English With Comic Strips—Calvin and Hobbes
One of the best ways to learn a language is to fall in love with it, where studying the language becomes a joy in itself and not just a means to an end. A great part about learning English is that there’s so much media out there for you to fall in love with to…
Read MoreLearn English with Music: U2 and the Present Perfect (I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking for
From all the places I’ve traveled to around the world, I’ve noticed that one of the most widely known and appreciated bands has to be U2. In this article we’re going to use this awesome band to learn English!! Join the Real Life English International Community When considering the bands global popularity, my first thought…
Read More5 Free English Apps for Daily Life
In an ever-modernizing world it seems that more and more people spend hours a day staring at some sort of screen, be it a computer, an iPod, a tablet, or a smart phone. Anyone who has one of these portable devices knows how useful applications (or “apps” for short) are for everything you do in…
Read MoreFluency MC Interview (Part II): How to Use Rap Music to Learn English
This is second part of our interview with all-star teacher/ rapper, Fluency MC. In the first part (Rap Music That Teaches English), we introduced the different aspects of his international music project, his passion for teaching, and we let him tell us about his story with music and how he synthesized it with teaching. Read…
Read MoreSEX and Dating Terms (with Podcast!)
Yesterday a few of us Americans were hanging out talking with a Brazilian. We were mostly speaking in English and we had to explain some new idioms and slang to our Brazilian friend. The subject of dating came up and one of us tried to explain the expression “hook up”. Listen to the SEX and…
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