Thursday, November 21, 2024

Best Financial Gifts to Give this Festive Season

The festive season is a time for joy, celebration, and, of course, gift-giving. While traditional gifts like gadgets, clothing, and accessories are always appreciated, there’s a growing trend toward giving gifts that contribute to...

Marty Guy Fink featured on Carl White & Steve Kyles Podcasts

We’re thrilled to share that Marty Guy Fink, Branch Manager in Virginia Beach, was recently featured on two influential podcasts: Carl White’s Loan Officer Freedom Podcast and Steve Kyles’s Loan Officer Leadership Podcast. Marty’s journey...

Goldman Sachs loses profit after hits from GreenSky, real estate

Second-quarter profit fell 58% to $1.22 billion, or $3.08 a share, due to steep declines in trading and investment banking and losses related to GreenSky and legacy investments that shaved about $3.95 from earnings...

IELTS Reading: A quick fix?

I often receive emails or Facebook messages from IELTS test takers saying ‘How can I improve my reading?’ or ‘I am poor at reading.’ The problem is not that these candidates need to improve...

Four More Literary Devices — bigwords101

Image by Richard Mcall from Pixabay Aporia, metonymy, antimetabole, epistrophe. Another group of literary devices we might use and not know we are doing so. See last week’s post for four more. Aporia –Rhetorical device in...

Spelling Mistakes that Ruin your Writing

English spelling is not easy for anyone learning English as a second language. It may surprise you to learn that many native English speakers are not good at spelling in their native language. They...

4 Shakespeare Activities for High School Students

High school students have the opportunity to learn a great deal by studying Shakespeare. Students enhance their vocabulary, study the human experience, learn about form and structure through sonnets, and learn about persuasion through...

50 Idioms from English Conversations

👇 Take this lesson with you! 👇 Download PDF Now! Table of Contents Should I use idioms in IELTS speaking? This is a question many students struggle with.  An idiom by the way, is...