Tag: ENGLISH

Moses Lake library to offer English classes for beginners

Apr. 9—MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Library will offer a free beginning English for Speakers of Other Languages class starting this month. “We’re going to be starting with the alphabet and with simple conversations,” said Brandee Miller, who’s teaching the class. “I will be also providing materials for them to study to take home […]

English as a second language spoken here, there, and everywhere

One of the quirky things I enjoy about traveling abroad is the variety of languages my ears hone in on as like-minded travelers from around the globe gravitate to the same places I have chosen to visit. In Portugal, where I recently ended a five-week stay, it is a virtual Tower of Babel with a […]

Number of migrants crossing English Channel in 2024 passes 5,000 mark

More than 5,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel this year, with nearly 800 making the journey over the Easter bank holiday weekend, according to the latest figures. A total of 791 migrants made the journey on Saturday, March 30th and Sunday, March 31st, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. Some 349 crossed […]