Kaplan International Languages - Adelaide

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am on Sunday, 3 October. Don't forget to put clocks forward one hour! ⏰

Are you currently living in Australia? COVID-19 vaccines are FREE for everyone including international students.
Please refer to the below link for more information.
https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/conditions/infectious+diseases/covid-19/vaccine/getting+vaccinated/getting+vaccinated

K+Learning Club with Patrick this Wednesday!
Check your email for his zoom link 🤓

K+Learning Clubs with Dave, Stephen and Mojy next week! Check your emails for zoom links and passwords or email [email protected] for details.

LONG WEEKEND COMING!
Monday June 14th is the Queen's Birthday 🥳🎉 Public Holiday so there are no classes for Adelaide Kaplan students.
Enjoy the long weekend!

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers around the world! 🥰

Happy International Women's Day!

We would like to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of women all around the world!

It is also important to recognise the challenges and barriers that many women still face. Inclusivity and tolerance is always the preferable course of action. It is important to strive to recognise our biases, address inequalities, and speak out against discrimination.

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Happy Friday!

Friendly reminder that is on March 7! To get involved in one of the organised events throughout Australia head to cleanupaustralia.org.au

is on March 7! To get involved in one of the organised events throughout Australia head to cleanupaustralia.org.au

Clean Up Australia is the nation's largest community-based environmental event.

aims to inspire and empower communities to clean up, fix up, and conserve our environment.

1st of March marks the beginning of Autumn for the southern hemisphere! 🍁🍂

With the leaves changing colours, this can be one of the most picturesque seasons.

We have marked the start of Autumn by including some autumn-themed images taken by our students last year!

Thank you Wilmar, Jehan, Daniel, and Anas for your great photos!

If you would like your autumn-themed pictures shared on Instagram send them in a message and we will tag you in the description!

Happy snapping! 📸

Aussie slang! 🐨🦘🌏

An often confusing quirk of Australian spoken English is the way some people say "yes" and "no".

Learn how to tell the difference between "Nah, yeah" and "Yeah, nah".

Happy Monday!

Is there a better way enjoy your morning coffee to start the week?☕️

Wishing you all a great and productive week ahead!

Thanks to for this amazing shot! 😍

Who's ready to improve their English!?

Kaplan Australia is offering a free 2 hour trial IELTS lesson on Tuesday 2nd March 2021. The class will run from 1:15pm-3:15pm ACDT (Adelaide time). The class will be hosted by our fantastic IELTS teacher Trish!

The class will be online so you can attend from anywhere in the world! You just need to send an email to [email protected] with your full name and we will send you the link for the class.

We look forward to seeing you there!

English learning book lovers!

Check out these international authors whose works have been translated into English.

Head over to the Kaplan Blog (link in bio) for more information and examples of other international authors whose translated works are worth checking out!

"As booklovers across the world know, great works of fiction come from all different cities and continents. English is the international language of communication, and it is common for many popular writers to have their work translated into English. This allows an extended reader-base to explore the wonderful narratives of international authors and experience many of the cultures and traditions of these places through their stories." - Stephanie Dotto, Kaplan Blog.

Kaplan International Languages wishes all those celebrating a Happy Lunar New Year! 🐂🏮🧧🎇

We wish you good health, happiness, and prosperity for the year ahead!

Celebrate the Year of the Ox at these COVID safe events across Adelaide ➡️ https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/see-and-do/major-events/lunar-new-year/

Student of the Month; January 2021!

Congratulations Emrah! Keep up the great work!

"Emrah has been working very hard to keep improving and is very helpful to the other students. He is making great steps in improving each week." – Stephen

Language tips! 🔤🗣👂🏽

Homophones are words that sound identical but have different meanings and often very different spellings (homo - same; phone - sound).

There are many types of homophones but here are a few examples from A-D.

Head over to the Kaplan Blog (link in bio) for more examples!

Improve your English vocabulary with these clothing idioms! 👕👗🧣👖

Practice your English regularly and remember to check out our blog (https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/) for other useful English tips.

Tuesday 26 January is a public holiday 🐨🦘🌏

No classes on this day!

Remember to be COVID safe 😷and sun smart 🔆🕶👒

Music can be a universal language, but talking about music isn't. 🎶

Head over to our Kaplan Blog to check out the collection of music idioms in English and improve your English vocabulary! 👩‍💻

Link: https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/music-idioms

Kaplan Blog! 👩‍💻

Whether you prefer to think of time ⏳as relative, linear, constructed, an illusion, a form of measurement, a by-product of entropy, or another dimension in the layers of the physical universe, we have put together a few idioms and expressions that use time to convey meaning.

Your time is precious, so this blog post is compressed to make the most of it!

https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/english-idioms-time

We have put together a list of some of the best tips for keeping up your English-language learning outside of the classroom. 🔠

Stick to this plan and you'll be fluent in no time! 🗣

Happy Orthodox Christmas to all those celebrating. 🕯

We hope you enjoy peaceful and safe celebrations.

Chances are, like a lot of people, you might have enjoyed a lot of food over the holidays!

However, it can be a little tricky to talk about. In English, there are many different ways to describe food and your experience with it.

Check out Kaplan's blog post, written by Cristobal, on English vocabulary to describe food.

What's your favorite food, and how would you describe it?

English Vocabulary to Describe Food Food is wonderful. Sharing meals with family and friends can bring people together, and remind us of old traditions. We can also build new traditions with food, and make friends by trying new things together. Food is also a good way to introduce people to

Welcome to 2021! 🎆🎉

We hope you all enjoyed your break over this holiday period!

Classes have resumed this week across Australia. We are continuing to offer face-to-face and online classes! 💻👩🏽‍🏫

If you are interested in improving your English language skills please contact us to discuss our flexible study options!