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New and Improved Lingopie Makes it Even More Fun to Learn Languages

Lingopie presents a fresh approach to language learning through its video-based immersion app. It provides an exceptional method to bypass mundane language courses and lessons, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in local culture and authentic dialects. Lingopie – the language-learning platform which uses real tv shows and movies instead of plain old lessons – […]

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Can we learn languages by watching tv? – Lingopie says Yes to 9 languages: A sneak-peek

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“Learning can be fun” is a cliche common in academic circles. While many try to make it fun, few come close. Among them, language-learning platform Lingopie claims to help people learn languages by watching tv. It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Akin to video streaming services like Netflix, Lingopie offers its subscribers

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Duolingo English Test emerges as new contender against IELTS and PTE

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Many universities around the world are currently accepting the Duolingo English Test for their admission process. It has emerged as a substitute for other English proficiency tests such as IELTS, PTE, and Toefl. The Duolingo English Test was developed by the same company which created the highly-popular language-learning app Duolingo. Presently, almost 2000 universities worldwide

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About vs On

/ Gaurav Thapa / Grammar

Learn when to use “about” and when to use “on” in a sentence to be gramatically accurate. We have an explanation with several examples.

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10 great movies you haven’t seen: Top movies for IELTS preparation

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Have you seen all the 10 movies in this list? At pteielts.com, we have certified these movies to be guaranteed good.

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Idiomatic expressions for IELTS to boost your vocabulary score

/ Gaurav Thapa / Vocabulary

Idiomatic expressions are phrases where the meaning is derived not from the individual words but by their symbolic nature. In idiomatic expressions, the arrangement of words matter more than the literal meaning of the constituent words. For an example, “crocodile tears” is an idiom which means “to show insincere sorrow”. Here, the expression is not

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A list of As As Similes: Simple and fun!

/ Gaurav Thapa / Vocabulary

As As similes are a great way to display one’s knowledge of the English language. So, what is an “as…as simile”? A simile (pronounced see-me-lee) is a figure of speech used in English to compare one thing to another. “As something as something” is a very common simile structure although there are many types of

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Useful foreign words in English, with pronunciation and meaning

/ Gaurav Thapa / Vocabulary

English has borrowed a ton of words and phrases from foreign languages. Some of these foreign words in English are so commonly-used that you are expected to understand them in normal academic or social situations. A very high score in the IELTS or the PTE test is reserved for someone who can skillfully use less

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What are the 500 most important English words?

/ Gaurav Thapa / Vocabulary

A research has found that there are 570 words which form the basis of academic English. These words and their variations are the most important English words which have to be understood for a proper comprehension of academic English. The Academic Word List, a list of 570 headwords, was published by the Victoria University of

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