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Por qué el inglés de los exámenes no te prepara para los momentos que importan
Aprobar el Cambridge no es lo mismo que liderar una reunión. La diferencia, en Business English with Abbie.
Cómo aprendo idiomas de verdad (sin atajos mágicos)
No hay truco para la fluidez, pero sí un sistema. Los hábitos reales para aprender idiomas, con Abbie.
Lo que les pasa a los profesionales brillantes cuando hablan inglés
Sos crack en lo tuyo pero en inglés te sentís principiante. Por qué pasa y cómo recuperar tu voz, en Business English with Abbie.
Tu inglés no es el problema
¿Pensás que te falta inglés para trabajar afuera? Casi nunca es eso. Qué te frena de verdad, en el podcast Business English with Abbie.
The Confidence Myth: por qué la repetición importa en inglés
La confianza para hablar inglés no viene antes, viene después. Episodio 1 del podcast Business English with Abbie: por qué la repetición la construye.
¿Tenés todo para crecer, menos el inglés?
Tenés experiencia y talento y sentís que solo te falta el inglés. Cómo convertirlo en tu palanca. Focus, episodio 5.
Cambiá tu mentalidad y dominá el inglés profesional
Lo que te frena en inglés muchas veces es la cabeza. Cómo soltar las creencias limitantes. Focus, episodio 4.
Optimizá tu perfil en inglés y conseguí clientes globales
Convertí tu perfil en inglés en un imán de clientes internacionales. Cómo hacerlo, en Focus, episodio 3.
Emails y presentaciones: usá tu inglés sin miedo
¿Se te traban las palabras en un email o una presentación en inglés? Técnicas para comunicar con seguridad. Focus, episodio 2.
Cómo mejorar tu inglés cuando no tenés tiempo
¿No tenés tiempo para el inglés? El secreto es integrarlo a tu día, no estudiar más. Episodio 1 del podcast Focus.
Squid Game (or the rebranding of globalization)
For those of us who vividly remember the late 90’s and early 00’s, during which the internet gained more and more significance each passing year, the term “globalization” should sound very familiar. While coined in the 18th century, the meaning we’ve been known to assign the term “globalization” dates back to 1989 as the Cold
Untranslatability — Words in English that Don’t Have a Spanish Translation
Untranslatability is the quality of certain words which have no immediate equivalent when translated into another language. This lexical gap may arise from the fact that, in spite of globalization and the homologation of certain countries into one group despite the differences in languages (for example: Europe, the Western World), each language has its own “culture”,
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] NASA tests air cabs The U.S. space agency NASA and the company Joby Aviation began tests of their first air taxi, a vertical aircraft that would be used to transport people and goods. The
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Star+ will be launched in Argentina Star+, the latest video-on-demand service from The Walt Disney will be available as of August 31. The new platform will host a variety of programs aimed at mature
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Capybaras in Nordelta Nordelta citizens have been on alert for the past several weeks due to the presence of these rodents. Neighbours are worried by the aggressive attitude of a few capybaras, and have
Interesting Facts about the French Language
Interesting Facts about the French Language We can all agree that French is probably one of the most significant Romance languages —which means it comes from Latin— in the modern world. As you may or may not know, it is one of the most popular languages worldwide, being amongst the top of number of countries
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] New covid detection tool The Government of Buenos Aires City has developed an AI based system that analyses coughs and discerns whether it is compatible with COVID-19. This project opens the possibility of identifying
Accent and accent marks — A different we hardly ever stop to think about
Accent and accent marks — A different we hardly ever stop to think about In many languages, especially in Spanish, use these two terms indifferently, as if they shared the same meaning, or sometimes even swapping their meanings entirely. Let’s take a closer look at what they mean, which differences they hold and when exactly we
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Alarm over Apple’s new tech Apple revealed plans to start scanning iPhone photos in the U.S. for images of child pornography within its Messages app and on the phone itself, raising immediate concerns regarding user
Words derived from science fiction
It is undeniable that science fiction has influenced all of society in more ways than one. Since its more resounding literary works, such as those by Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury, among others, have been heavily based on existing science and technology principals stretched beyond their limits at the time, this genre
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Female athletes fined for not wearing bikinis During the European Beach Handball Championship, the Norwegian women team was penalised for wearing shorts, instead of the sport’s typical bikini bottoms. The team had to pay the
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] IDs for non-binary people Argentina has become the first country in South America to recognise non-binary gender identities in its national identification cards and passport. From now on, someone who does not identify as either
Differences between Canadian and European French
In the late 1700’s the French colonies that had settled in North America became isolated with the arrival of the British that cornered them with their own American settlements, which was the first step towards a breach in North American and European French, much like it occurred with other languages such as Spanish, Portuguese and,
Extraordinary Origins to Ordinary Phrases
No matter what language we are talking about, we can always recognize certain phrases with metaphorical meaning hidden behind random expressions that don’t seem to make a lot of sense when looked at objectively, at least not in the context in which they are normally used. For example, if you were to communicate surprising news
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] L-Gante’s ABC sing-along Elian Angel Valenzuela, the popular cumbia singer known as L-Gante, rose to fame earlier this year after a collaboration with producer Bizarrap. It reached the top spot on Billboard’s Argentina Hot 100,
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] “Confitería del Molino” cafe turns 105 years old The mythical cafe, located across the National Congress on the corner of Rivadavia and Callao Avenues, opened on July 9th, 1916. The historical Art Nouveau building
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗛’𝘀: Homographs, homophones and homonyms
There is a popular joke that reads: “When it comes to languages, their our know rules.” Now at first sight, because of grammar, that sentence does not seem to make any sense. However, if one reads it out loud, one realizes that in terms of pronunciation, the end of that sentence sounds like “there are
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Legal setback for Britney Spears The singer has been under her father’s legal custody since 2008 following her public breakdown, including her divorce, shaving her head, and attacking paparazzi. Two weeks ago, she asked
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[ENG] New rights for trans population Last week, the Senate passed a bill on labour inclusion for transgender population, which bears the name of two of its historical referents: Diana Sacayán and Lohana Berkins. The law enforces an employment quota of at least 1 per cent of the public administration staff for transgender people. In
International LGBT Pride Day
Pride Day has come June 28th is the date when the LGBT+ community comes together to celebrate Pride Day that honours those involved in the Stonewall Riots. Glosa joins the celebration telling you all about its origins and the current demands of the movement. The Stonewall uprising In the early morning of June 28th, 1969,
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Tamagotchis are back! A new model of the popular electronic toy from the 90s will be released to mark the 25th anniversary of its original launch. The Tamagotchi was created in 1996 and it was
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Season opening postponed in Puerto Pirámides. More than 1000 southern right whales arrive every year at Península Valdés, in the province of Chubut. This is the place where theses whales breed and give birth
1984, a timeless novel.
George Orwell’s most popular novel, 1984, was published seventy-two years ago today, and has become since a ground-breaking book in the dystopian genre. Written at the height of totalitarian regimes, this work of fiction describes a new social order and a world dominated by the thought and movement police. The novel The story takes place
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Non binary CUIL announced The Anses and AFIP, governmental bodies, confirmed that prefixes for new CUIL numbers will be assigned randomly. Therefore, it will no longer apply the binary assignment criteria, in which the
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. New image of Blancaflor flour provokes controversy Food products company Molinos changed the image of Blancaflor flour, triggering different reactions from users. After 65 years, it replaced the cartoon of the Afro-descendant female cook wearing
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Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. Google announces App to detect skin condition Last week Google shared a preview of a new artificial intelligence tool that aims to help people identify skin, hair and nail conditions. The app, Derm Assist, will