Monthly Archive for: "July, 2013"

 As an international student at TALK English Schools, you and many others experience not only the demands of learning a new language, but also homesickness, feelings of loneliness, and how to [...]

Nerd, geek and dork are really popular English words used today, considered to be words that came out of the Digital Age, but, in fact, the origins of nerd, geek, dork are all from the United [...]

Apostrophes are probably the most misused punctuation marks in written English. When used correctly, they enhance language by providing extra information in a sentence to better convey your [...]

  The ‘Monday Blues’ is a phrase that has been around since the beginning of the five-day work week.  Why ‘Monday blues’, and why blue? Blue was first used only as a [...]

  Slang and American English are in a continual state of change.  Each year the language gets a whole lot of new additions.  Students take the lead in creating slang.  Here are some campus [...]

We love San Francisco so much, we decided to share some of our favorite summer activities in this wonderful city! Summer in San Francisco – good reads, fun activities Summer means lazy [...]

“I come from Brazil. Studying at TALK English Schools was an incredible experience that I’ll keep with me forever.” Lucas Pereira Coming from Brazil, this has been an [...]

Of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world, nearly 500 are classified as endangered.  While 133 languages are spoken by just 10 people or less, there are two known speakers of Lipan Apache in [...]

When you are communicating in a foreign language, idioms are a real challenge. An idiom is a natural, everyday way of speaking one’s native language.  The native speaker understands exactly what [...]

As the world prays and anticipates the end of a great icon, Nelson Mandela, we at TALK remember him by some of his great quotes. Some of Mandela’s most Famous Quotes Nothing in this world [...]