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Connected Speech, o aprender a enlazar palabras al hablar en inglés
The English natives don't speak fast Los ingleses no hablan rápido ¿Crees que los nativos ingleses hablan muy rápido? Deja que te desmonte este falso mito: todo es cuestión de enlazar palabras al hablar, y esta unión de sonidos muchas veces hace que lo que suena...
About homophones and pronunciation: Pedir muslo de pollo… ¡y que te sirvan «medias para pollos»!
There's something about the homophones Pedir muslo de pollo... ¡y que te sirvan "medias para pollos"! ¿No te ha pasado alguna vez, que una conversación con un nativo te haya llevado a confusión? ¿Y que esa confusión te haya sacado los colores? En este blog vengo...
Starting a job… in a pandemic… from home // Empezar a trabajar en plena pandemia una pandemia … desde casa
This year has been a whirlwind for us all, whether that’s been for you in Spain or me in the UK. And it doesn’t stop… BUT what’s true is that fun can still be had workingfrom home. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Kasia and I am one of the fournew native...
Travelling during the Coronavirus – Viajar en tiempos de Coronavirus
In March I took the last flight out of Barcelona into Ireland, expecting to be home for about 3 weeks but after 3 months of rain and my mothers’ terrible cooking I decided it was time to go back. Unfortunately at the beginning of June there were no direct flights to...
Education: how’s it been affected by the Covid-19?
Education, just like everything else has been severely affected by the coronavirus. At my university, the teachers who had experience with online teaching and tools were proactive in helping colleagues adapt their courses. Having taught a few online classes and...
Teaching online = «Nothing is gonna stop us… not even the coronavirus»
As most of you already know, the current Coronavirus pandemic has caused Elite to move completely to online teaching. This has been a challenging but also interesting experience, and we hope that everyone is enjoying learning from the comfort of their own home, as...
Descubriendo Cataluña 2.0 / Discovering Catalonia 2.0
The start of March marks the third month in Esparreguera for me. I have now been in Spain for a total of six months (three here, one and a half working in Alicante and one in a half in hospitals in Alicante), so you’d expect my level of Spanish to be quite good. I...
The weirdest weekend of my life… Aka Firapassió – El fín de semana más extraño de mi vida… o Firapassió
This weekend, for me the first full weekend living in Esparreguera, was Fira Passió. None of us interns knew anything much about this festival, but after many recommendations, we decided to check it out. On Saturday morning Curtis and I took a trip up to the top of...
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