343. What is the World’s Oldest Country? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

343. What is the World’s Oldest Country? (Eng...

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384. The Scramble for Africa (English Vocabulary Lesson)

In the 1870s, about ten percent of Africa had been colonised by European countries. But over the next few decades, over ninety percent of the continent was taken, occupied, divided, and partitioned by governments far away in places like London, Berlin, and Paris. We call this per ...  Show more

383. What Is Talent? And Do You Need It to Learn English? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

“I’m just not good at learning languages.” I’m sure many of you listening right now have thought this before. And I’m sure you’ve thought the opposite about people you have met in the past: “Wow, she’s so talented at English” or “He has a gift for languages.” These kinds of comme ...  Show more

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