This is another in our series of articles on 1,000 useful words for IELTS, TOEFL and Academic vocabulary. To read the first article on the word, ‘ABANDON’, please click on here. To read the second article on the word, ABIDE, please click on here. Part of speech/ type of word: Ability is a noun. Meaning: To have […]
IELTS & TOEFL, 1,000 USEFUL ACADEMIC ENGLISH WORDS: ABLE.
This is the third in our series of articles on 1,000 useful words for IELTS, TOEFL and Academic vocabulary. To read the first article on the word, ‘ABANDON’, please click on here. To read the second article on the word, ABIDE, please click on here. Part of speech/ type of word: Abide is an […]
The Germanic language family.
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Indo-European language family and in this article we will be looking at the Germanic sub-family of the Indo-European language family. Divisions The Germanic language family is divided in to three main sub-divisions which are. East Germanic West Germanic North Germanic Each of these however […]
The Indo-European language family.
Various languages around the world are related to each other and speakers can feel the similarity for example Spanish and Italian. One doesn’t need to be an academic to sense or realise these languages are ‘related’ as their similarity and varying degrees of mutual intelligibility cause people to arrive at that conclusion consciously or subconsciously. […]
Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles is located in the state of California on the west coast of the USA besides the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean. Despite it being a city of 3 million, which is not that big when you consider that many cities that there are over at least 20 Chinese cities which have a […]
The history of the English language part 3
This is the 3rd in a series of articles on the history of the English Language. The first article can be found by clicking on here. The second by clicking on here. The history of the English language part 3 In our previous article we discussed the development of the English language from […]
New York, the biggest city in the US.
The biggest Anglophone country in the world is the United States of America, and the biggest city in that country is New York. Not the political capital but the city which is prioritised above all others when thinking about “I want to visit the US, but only have a week or less, which city must […]
The history of the English language part 2.
This is the second in a series of articles on the history of the English language. The previous article can be read by clicking on this link or just going to this URL, https:/the-origin-of-the-english-language-part-1/ The history of the English language part 2 So in our previous article we had a brief overview of […]
The origin of the English language part 1.
To understand the origin of the English language we naturally need to understand the history of those who spoke the earliest forms of “English” or at least proto-English or the ancestral forms of the English language. In fact it is a matter of interesting debate whether the ‘English’ of Beowulf can really be considered the […]
U.S. Embassy Launches English Language Program for Local Youth
US ambassador to Fiji in the centre, Joseph Cella. U.S. Embassy Launches English Language Program for Local Youth Home | News & Events | U.S. Embassy Launches English Language Program for Local Youth U.S. Ambassador Joseph Cella officially launched the English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) on Thursday, July 2, 2020. VisionFiji, a local NGO focused on children’s welfare, […]