Keeping a Balance: Students of Different Learning Levels
Part of the challenge of being teachers in a program like ours is that we have students of many different levels of English and general education. We teach…
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5 Ways to Talk like a Paisa
Colombians who live in Antioquia are called Paisas. Paisas have their own specific way of speaking including slang typical to the area and their accent. There is much…
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K and G Minimal Pair Exercise
Los sonidos "k" y "g" en Ingles son muy parecidos. Solo se diferencian en que uno tiene voz y el otro no! Es importante poder pronunciarlos bien porque…
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Cultural Lessons for the Explorers
Cultural studies are so important to me! I majored in "Global Studies" and many of my classes were about learning about the history and culture of other countries.…
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La Metodologia de ACA: Como enseñamos de manera diferente?
Aca en ACA, no enseñamos como ustedes a lo mejor aprendÃan en el colegio. Obvio, como ustedes están aquà con nosotros buscando a mejorar su inglés, esta metodologÃa…
Read articleThe ACA Explorers Musical Repetoire
Here at ACA, we have grown and developed so much throughout the past two years. Two years ago, I wasn't part of ACA. I was studying at the…
Read articleThe Exploratorium: What We Need
We're moving into our new place and we have this great room with big shelves that we are going to make the Exploratorium! The idea is to have…
Read articleMusic: A Great Tool for Language Acquisition and Memory
Music is a great tool for learning! Here at ACA Explorers, we use music so much to help us teach English. We love using songs as tools for…
Read articleP and B Minimal Pair Exercise
This week, we want to introduce the P and B minimal pair exercise as we did with T and D last week. We will go over the T…
Read articleWelcoming Sophie and Luis Angel to ACA Explorers!
This first week of the year went great for the Explorers! I had some personal issues going on and was only able to attend one of five classes…
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