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Revisit this classic lesson on cognitive switching from the Plain English archives: What is cognitive switching? It’s when you switch your attention from one task, or one type of task, to another. Cognitive switching could be robbing you of up to 40 percent of your daily producti ...  Show more

Enjoy this episode from the Plain English archives (with a recent update for 2025): The San José, a Spanish treasure ship carrying gold, silver, and valuable jewelry, sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708. The shipwreck, and its treasure, have been untouched for over 300 years. ...  Show more

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When you are at intermediate level, it's much harder to see progress in your English learning. You find yourself in this intermediate zone that seems to last forever. Some people even call it the "plateau purgatory".

But if you want to take your English to a true advanc ...

<span style="font-weight: 400;">"I don't have time for English." "I have so many things to do." "Work is busy." "I have lots of university assignments." "In my free time, I want to relax, not be thinking about English." Do you ever say these things to yourself? Do you not have ...

<span class="notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="0" data-reactroot="">Nowadays, there are more resources to learn English than ever. Still, it can be hard to know which topics to focus on, or which resources to use. Should I listen to podcasts in English? Should I learn Eng ...