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Aprender inglés sin dolor
¿Te suena? El inglés es difícil, los ingleses hablan muy rápido, el inglés me supera... el inglés, el inglés, el inglés... bla, bla, bla. Vamos a ver, ¿no te cansa tanto típico tópico? Lo que vengo a decirte es que, si te liberas de esas creencias preconcebidas...
Cómo conseguir formación a coste 0 y no morir en el intento.
¿ Sabías que tu empresa puede conseguir formación para sus trabajadores a coste 0? Eso sí, antes de que tu empresa apueste por la bonificación de su formación, asegúrate de que está bien asesorada y de que no haya "letra pequeña". Te sorprendería saber la cantidad de...
Filomena… or shall we call it Snowmageddon?
Nuestros profesores británicos vienen buscando el sol de España, pero desde luego no es lo que se encontraron este enero. Descubre su opinión con un divertido artículo de mano de Curtis Gamble,.
Learning a language out of the classroom
Do you ever have trouble practising languages outside of the classroom? Do you wish there were more hours in a day? Well, you aren’t alone. Most language learners say that the main thing that slows their progress is a lack of time and opportunity to practice. But...
Idioms: ¿Los conoces?
Los idioms, junto a los phrasal verbs (estos los reservo para otro blog), son esas áreas difíciles de aprender, pero no imposibles. Todo es cuestión de práctica constante. Pero, ¿sabes qué son? Los idioms son, como la propia palabra indica, expresiones...
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...
BREXIT – ¡Ya está aquí!
Brexit is a term that seems to have embedded itself into every aspect of discourse as the world awaits the repercussions of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. This Friday, January 31st 2020, represents the third extension of the official withdrawal...
