Learn American English Slang and Idioms with American Anthony

What you learn in textbooks is very useful information. But there’s a problem. Most textbooks don’t teach “slang” English.

If you want to communicate with native English speakers, watch TV in English, work and travel overseas then you need to speak and understand “real” spoken English.

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Commentators divided on Thatcher's legacy

Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22073484

Unravelling the mystery of Pablo Neruda´s Death

The remains of Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda are being exhumed on Monday in a bid to determine the cause of his death after his assistant alleged he was murdered by Gen Augusto Pinochet's military regime, the BBC's Gideon Long reports from Isla Negra.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22027787

Coursera: free university courses, everywhere

Do you want to take a course from Stanford University for free? Do you prefer Princeton? You can! How it works? Watch short video lectures, take interactive quizzes, complete peer graded assessments, and interact live with your new classmates and teachers. These courses are called massive open online courses (MOOCs). Today there are 335 courses, about Mathematics, Arts, Humanities, Economics... Take a look!
https://www.coursera.org/

Words in "English" invented by the Spanish

A little bit of spanish wit for our return from holidays.

http://www.thelocal.es/galleries/Culture/twisted_english#.UVsAcDfm44U

Regards,

Ana