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12 November 2025

False Friends

Although many French words are similar to or even the same as their English equivalent eg restaurant/restaurant, television/télévision, concert/concert, secret/secret, it’s important to remember that not all similar words mean the same in both languages.

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11 November 2025

Language Training for Relocation

For anyone relocating to a new job in a new country it can be a very daunting and potentially life-changing experience. As viewers of hit Netflix series 'Emily in Paris' will know, life can be difficult when you don't learn the language of your new colleagues!

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15 February 2021

Language classes boost team building!

Let’s face it, for many of us, we have not seen most of our colleagues face-to-face for a while. Perhaps some of your team are struggling with the isolation that working from home can bring. Maybe you would like to bring your team together more frequently but outside a work environment. Have you considered online language classes?

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7 December 2020

Christmas around the world

It's nearly Christmas! Yay!! There are many varied ways we celebrate Christmas around the world. For many of us, we mark the celebration by decorating our houses and Christmas trees and eating a feast of festive goodies. We also perform nativity plays, go to church, get together with family and friends and give and receive gifts. Interestingly, things can be slightly different depending on where you are from.

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5 October 2020

5 Benefits of English Communication Skills Training

There are many benefits to providing English Communication Skills training for staff where English is not their first language. We have worked with many companies over the years especially with Production, Warehouse, Distribution and Hospitality staff. We have seen that where the level of English is quite low it can lead to problems such as poor communication, misunderstandings, low confidence and mistakes being made.

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19 February 2020

4 benefits of English training for staff

There are many benefits to providing English training to your British and foreign staff. In these uncertain times, English Training could become a key focus for many HR and L&D teams. Employees are at the heart of our businesses and we must work hard to retain them.

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13 February 2020

20 English Idioms to help your fluency

An idiom is a group of words that, when translated literally are a load of nonsense. For example “hold your horses” or “head in the clouds” but they are used frequently by English speakers….to the confusion of those trying to learn the language.

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