June 2020 marked the 10th anniversary of our cooperative and that meant that we have been producing the Weekly English Practice for 10 years too! This is the last Weekly English Practice of this course. Thanks for watching, reading and listening to the WEP! See you again in the autumn! Click on the image to download […]
Will computers ever be able to handle ambiguity in language? Click on the image to download the pdf. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. to pose: to constitute, to represent (a problem, a challenge, a danger) hopeless: very bad, useless world knowledge: non-linguistic information, such as […]
ECP coach Darren ‘Kez’ Kurien tells us what his “new normality” is like. Click on the image to download the pdf. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. lockdown: a state of isolation used as a security measure to back away: to walk in reverse due to […]
No, it’s not only a game. It’s so much more. ECP coach Darren talks about why he is missing sport so much during the lockdown. Click on the image to download the pdf. Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. unlikely: improbable, very small chance something will […]
Breaking news! Scientists create a Schrödinger Spanish omelette both with and without onion. Spanish cuisine can finally be reunited after decades of conflict. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. spuds: an informal word for potato staple: the main or […]
Last Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of Edurne Pasaban becoming the first woman to climb all fourteen 8000ers. ECP coach Rob Hextall finds out more about the Basque climber. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text. 8000er: a mountain […]
This Sunday is the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and marks the 30th anniversary of a crucial achievement for LGBTQ rights. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text: up to speed: up to date, in the same position highlight: underline, […]
‘Catching up’ is the new craze for people whose habits have been changed by the lockdown. But what are the different meanings of this phrasal verb? ECP coach Rob investigates. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text: pros and […]
The lockdown due to the COVID–19 crisis has given us the opportunity to read more. Here, ECP coach John describes The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check you understand this vocabulary before you read and listen to the text: steeped: filled with, influenced by […]
ECP has decided to launch a ‘flash fiction’ competition for its learners. What’s the theme? Confinement during this current crisis. What’s the maximum length? 1,000 words. To give you an idea, the story below is 592 words. Let’s start writing! The rules are here. Click on the image to download the pdf Read and check […]