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Practice Small Talk In English | What It Means And The Best Topics To Get You Started
Learn what small talk means, why it’s important, and how to start with easy topics like the weather and daily life. Great for English teachers and students.
Charles Bukowski | Alone With Everybody
“Flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches for more than flesh” by Charles Bukowski in Alone with everybody
English Grammar | “Consist in” vs. “consist of”
Grammar Practice: Example sentences to understand the difference between “consist in” and ” consist of”
TPT Tutorial | How to create custom categories with emojis on TPT – Step by step tutorial
Learn how to create custom categories with emojis on your TPT store.
Job Interviews: Tips and Examples
Find all you need to know about Job Interviews in our Free Media Library: Job Interviews | Tips & Examples
DAF KINO | Filme zum Deutschlernen [movies to learn German]
Are you learning German as a foreign language? Here you can get movie tips every week.
Lernst du DAF – Deutsch als Fremdsprache? Hier findest du jede Woche Filmtipps.
George Ella Lyon | Where I’m From
“I am from those moments – snapped before I budded –
leaf-fall from the family tree” | Poem about what makes us us by George Ella Lyon.
Jo Carson | I am asking you to come back home
“I am asking you to come back home before you lose the chance of seein’ me alive” poem about old age by Jo Carson
World Postcard Day
Sending postcards is a +150-year-old tradition you can celebrate all year round or on World Postcard Day. Have you sent or received any postcards lately?
10 Tips to Learn English with Books
Some tips about books, reading and the words we are still looking for.
English Grammar | Had better versus would rather
“Had better” gives firm advice, while “would rather” expresses a preference, and distinguishing between them is simple.
TRAINING | YouTube Tutorials
A collection of YouTube tutorial videos created by up2dateSKILLS to help you create or manage your YouTube channel.