Billy-Mai Brooks

Remember how we used to communicate back in 2004? Flip phones were all the rage, "Google it" was barely a thing, and social media meant having a MySpace page. Fast forward to 2025, these popular words and phrases would sound like an alien language to our past selves. From "rizz"

Over the last few years, TV, films and video have become increasingly popular educational tools to keep language students engaged both in and out of the classroom. Since language isn’t a solely academic endeavour, traditional print and workbook resources aren’t enough to keep short attention spans focused in

If you’re an online or in-person language teacher, conducting one-to-one lessons or group lessons, then you’ll know how important it is to keep your students fully engaged. To be a successful teacher or tutor isn’t as simple as people might assume; it’s not just about having

Learning a language is usually a very practical thing. We’re encouraged to study in school for good academic standing, or we holiday abroad and quickly learn that it’s sensible to pick up a few phrases in the local language for ease and efficiency whilst traveling. Or these days,

If you’re a modern language learner in any way then my bet is you’ve searched Instagram and TikTok for all the best accounts that can teach you Spanish whilst you’re scrolling. But if you’re already at a proficient level or want to expand your cultural understanding

Despite the ‘American accent’ being the easiest for most ESL speakers to copy, English began in England, in the heart of Great Britain, 1600 years before the language reached America or anywhere else in the world. British youths of today still edit, change and adapt the language in hundreds of

Remember the global pandemic that put pretty much the whole planet in lockdown and facemasks for nearly two years? Sometimes I forget too. Luckily, most of life goes on as normal these days (for now at least), but there are some things that have changed forever since this crazy time;

World-famous music genre ‘K-pop’ or ‘gayo’ (가요) has a rich history of culture and sound that can help you learn Korean in the most fun and interesting way. This specific type of music marries together styles and sounds from many international genres including EDM, experimental rock, disco, jazz, folk and

As we all know, there are certain things that we don’t get taught in school. If we want to be as educated as we can be, there are many things that we have to take it upon ourselves to learn through our own research and social interactions. One huge