Everyone has an accent! Part II - or How can I make myself understood???

So, I suppose you have read our blog post last week and watched a Youtube video talking about different accents in the UK (if you haven’t j...

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

Christmas is without a doubt a great time of the year for many people around the world. From the beginning of December, we can see in full ...

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/’i:ŋ.glɪʃ fə lʌnʧ/ How do we say that again? Get familiar with the phonemic chart!

Students normally get quite confused about how to pronounce words in English and (to be honest) English spelling doesn’t often help us much...

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Present Perfect or Past Simple

Last week, in English for lunch, our students saw an important difference between the past simple and the present perfect. Present p...

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Foreign language education decreases in UK schools

The UK has always been known for being rather slow with language education. Many schools don’t offer a good spectrum of foreign languages t...

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Wales‘ most beautiful holiday destinations

Summer is already here and if you didn’t have time to book a beach holiday on the Maldives or a power sightseeing trip through 35 European ...

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Introducing…

Hi there! I am Jasmin, a 21-year-old student from the town of Saarbrücken in the south-west of Germany. I study English and Translation at ...

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Taught, thought, caught... more pronunciation in our English for Lunch

Last week, in English for lunch, we continued tackling tricky English pronunciation.  As we've seen before, English spelling somet...

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Misleading English spelling and pronunciation in our 'English for lunch'

Last week, in English for Lunch, we saw how misleading English spelling can be! While in some languages the way we write the words can...

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Do you want to improve your English? Try telling jokes

People love telling and listening to stories. No wonder we spend hours watching films, reading books and telling each other about our life ...

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Introducing...

Hi everyone! I'm Everton Machado and I'm the academic manager at Peartree Languages. Everton at Peartree Languages I'm 35...

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This is the rhythm of... English

Last week, at English for Lunch, Peartree students got into the rhythm of English! As many learners point out, one of the main obstacl...

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON! It’s only a Cambridge exam

Sitting in peace in the office, we realize how stressful it must be for our students to have just one month left to their exams and theref...

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Syllable stress got a bit less stressful at this week’s English for lunch...

Have you ever thought that English has a lot of stress? Well, it does - syllable stress. This week we looked at syllables and why they’re o...

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