Do you think that teaching English to employees is just additional costs for a company? Do you think that employees with knowledge of a foreign language are only needed by large corporations? We will tell you why it is profitable for any employer to teach English to employees and what dividends these investments will bring.

British weather is excellently illustrated by Mark Twain's wonderful observation: "The climate is what we expect, the weather is what we get as a result".

What associations do you have when hearing the word "listening"? Is this something boring from school, a set of complex exercises for training your hearing? Endless rewinding of a sticking cassette? It has changed a long time, and we will prove it. From this article, you will find out: what are lessons of listening, how to learn English by audio materials, what types of podcasts are, whether there is a premium for audio series and where to look for a talk radio show.

Today, relationship to time is determined by two factors: how to better spend it and how to save it in the increasingly accelerating rhythm of life. In different epochs, time was an illusory magnitude, an analogue of a priceless currency or force with which a person had to struggle daily, and all these ideas were embodied in English proverbs about time. They are all very beautiful and will certainly enrich your speech. It is not necessary to learn them all, just select a few especially liked and boldly use them in conversation. Your interlocutor will be pleasantly surprised by your knowledge.

Let us imagine a situation. You passed a difficult test in English to get a job in Britain. And you got this post! You go to a local pub where you want to celebrate this event, and then you have brain freeze. A barman speaks so fast that you are lost and cannot place an order. A local frequenter tells a story of life with such a strong accent that the meaning is understandable at best by half. How can it be? After all, you studied English from the kindergarten, worked with authentic textbooks with the best teachers, and also received a prestigious job in the homeland of the English language.

American writer Ken Kesey entered the history of literature as an author of one work. "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" became a cult book for the generation of the 60's. The novel, translated into many languages, is rightly considered a classic of world literature today. It belongs to the number of books-manifestos, which are destined first to be a sign of the era, and then a mirror that focuses in itself the main features of its aesthetics and life-sense. Published in 1962, the debut work of then unknown twenty-seven-year-old prose writer became the bible of young American rebels of the 60's who called themselves "hippies" and rebelled against social and moral values of their parents.

Can you find a good job without knowing English? It is possible, but will it be highly paid? Today we will tell you about 13 modern and interesting professions, where you cannot do without knowledge of English. Do you want to earn a lot?

Knowledge of a foreign language has long been transformed from pleasant advantage into necessity. It makes no sense to deny wide spread of English in all spheres of our life, because it is the universal language, which is communication key to any sphere. In connection with this, there is a growing number of different methods of learning it as well as a number of disputes about what is more effective. Nevertheless, there are still myths that prevent many from mastering it and create difficulties in communication. We propose to destroy these imaginary obstacles once and for all.