The Gymglish blog

by Andrew

The differences between UK and US English

More than just tom-ay-to / tom-ah-to

English certification: all you need to know about the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

The GMAT, or Graduate Management Admission Test, assesses a candidate’s level of English among other skills, using English writing, math and logic tests.

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The foreign language learning landscape in the EU

At Gymglish, we are passionate about learning languages. We strive to make learning as fun and easy as possible.

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The European language landscape: a tour of the German language

While there is a strategic interest in learning European languages, necessity is far from being the only guarantee of their sustainability: they have many other assets that justify their expansion worldwide.

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5 English – Italian false friends that will betray you when you least expect it.

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer – that’s what any sensible person with a ton of enemies would say.

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English certification: all you need to know about the BRIGHT exam

The BRIGHT English test is offered by BRIGHT Language, based in the USA. BRIGHT Language offers tests in 11 languages: English, Italian, French, Russian, Flemish, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish and German.

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“Tomorrow’s learners will seek out hybrid learning methods.” – Seppe Gérimont, Language Teams, Gymglish partner

Founded in 2021, Language Teams is a language school offering online, on-site and business language courses for adults.

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Hearing – The Word of the Month for March 2022

Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the Month.

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Corporate training – No train, no gain

When asked to write about trains, I immediately put on my conductor hat and yelled “choo choo!”. After my assistant told me that it was a different type of “train”, I nearly fired her on the spot. Now I’m feeling calmer, and though I’m still wearing my conductor hat (and nothing else), I’m ready to […]

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The European language landscape: a tour of the Spanish language

With 500 million speakers, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world.

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5 songs to fine tune your Italian

If you’re in the process of learning Italian, you might need a little break from your grammar book, and we can hardly blame you. We can blame you a little though.