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Brrrrr! It’s cooooold outside!
Welcome to December, friends! Let's get you warmed up and up to date as we head into the final countdown for year 2023. We've been very busy making upgrades in the English community, so read up below to get the lowdown on all the new content ready for you to enjoy!
Let's start with our beloved forums, the place where you can chat with each other and make new friends:
UPDATES IN OUR FORUMS
Ask The Community
OLS Courses, Tests & Certificates - everything you wanted to know and more about our courses, tests and certificates!
OLS Teasers &Tasters: Learn the Basics of 29 Languages - satisfy your linguistic curiosity by dabbling in the other languages offered on our platform. Become a polyglot, why not?!
Practice Your English
Introduce Yourself to the Community in the English Language - tell us about yourself! Go on, let's get to know each other better by writing an English introduction of yourself. Have you any hobbies? Tell us!
Living Abroad
Where Are You Going On Mobility With Erasmus+ or ESC? - in this discussion, tell us where you're from and where you're going. I've already gotten us started! Go find out what I learned as a volunteer in Germany. :D
THE ENGLISH COMMUNITY'S BLOG-O-SPHERE
In addition to the forum upgrades we've done to get you better acquainted with our community so that you are comfortable and can enjoy it to the max, we've been quite active in the Blog section too!
There is a new, money-saving blog series dedicated to helping you during your mobility year and beyond. Check out the "How to Save a Dollar" series:
1. How to Stretch a Dollar Series: Food on a Budget
2. How to Stretch a Dollar Series: Entertainment & Socializing on a Budget
3. How to Stretch a Dollar Series: Travelling on a Budget
Finding inspiration after writing the third installment about budget travelling, I decided to invite you to share your interesting travel experiences in the newest blog, Funny, Strange, Memorable or Life Changing Travel Stories.
Be sure to reply to the blogs with your money-savvy tips as well as your memorable travel stories!
OPPORTUNITIES TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER
Share your thoughts in our most active conversations at the moment! Say hi to Tom and find out all about his love of music. It's quite possible that we may have a musicologist in our midst! :D
2. What's your favorite music and why?
After sharing your musical muses with us, why not be interviewed and share your language-learning journey too? Read about it here and then leave your name to be contacted by me over here!
TELL US A STORY
Let’s head into the weekend with a few opportunities to let your imagination run free. Practice English with us by using a photo to tell us a story.
If you’d like to stay with the theme of travel, join the Living Abroad conversation, Tell Us a Story - Your First Friend Abroad.
Or, have fun by telling the tale of a little boy and his stuffed teddy bear in, Tell Us a Story - The Boy & The Bear.
Stay cozy, friends!
Iya, OLS Community Manager - English