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Are Listening Tests A Waste Of Time?
What do you think of traditional listening tests? Are they: A useful way to check your listening abilities. A stressful exercise that scares you just thinking about it. A complete waste of time that encourages you to guess answers. If you answered 1)...

How To Learn English With Netflix: 6 Tips To Improve Your English With TV Series
Wondering how to learn English with Netflix? Let’s make this quick: yes, you can learn English with Netflix because you can learn English with anything. If you want to improve your English, the n°1 thing you need is daily contact with the language. That could be...

The 80/20 Rule For Subtitle Freedom
Do you aim for 100% in what you do? I’m a recovering perfectionist. I used to want 110%. Not in everything. But in my work and studies, yes please. Nothing brings out the perfectionist in us perfectionists like learning another language. And nothing squashes our...