ESL Global Lounge 🌎

The oldest bar in Malaga, Spain. Pictures of Picasso there with wine on the wall. A must visit and the wine, well….

https://www.thevivalavita.com/antigua-casa-de-guardia-malaga/

Spanish cusine is unique. How big is YOUR food vocabulary in English? https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/3cat-genesi-origin-el-bulli-iconic-restaurant-ferran-adria-1236865455/ An article on the new documentary about El Bulli, the world’s top restaurant for five years and its chef. Sr. Ferra.

The English lexicon consists of around 170,000 words (or 220,000, if counting obsolete words), according to an estimate based on the 1989 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.[309] Over one-half are nouns, one-quarter are adjectives, and one-seventh are verbs. Another estimate – which includes scientific jargon, prefixed and suffixed words, l…[Read more]

Middle English borrowed vocabulary extensively from French dialects, which are the source of approximately 28 per cent of Modern English words, and from Latin, which is the source of an additional 28 per cent.While Latin and the Romance languages are thus the source for a majority of its lexicon taken as a whole, English’s grammar and pho…[Read more]

🌍 The beauty, history and complexity of the English Language

The English language has a very interesting history. It is a blend of Northern and Western European languages, all descended from Indo-European, a language spoken almost 6,000 years ago.

A language we can only guess at.

Its unique history and rich vocabulary—the largest in the w…[Read more]

For those of you new to astronomy and astrophysics, here’s an amazing place to start:

We live in a galaxy called the Milky Way. There are millions—even billions—of other galaxies throughout the universe.

Until relatively recently, astronomers didn’t understand just how important supermassive black holes are to galaxies. We now know that mo…[Read more]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/active-supermassive-black-holes-may-be-engines-of-star-formation-not-just-destruction-study-suggests-180989517/

How Porsche made a 6-stroke engine

New interesting posts in English about science, technology, travel, food and more!

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## Welcome to the ESL Global Network! 🌎

Hello, hello! Welcome to the network and to our **beta testing**!

There are only a few people here right now, but you’re welcome to **join us, hang out, and practice your English**.

💬 **Community Room**
Leave messages, start conversations, and reply to other members. Soon, we’ll also have ano…[Read more]

Introduce yourself to the community:
What country are you from? What is your first language? What level is your English? What would you like to improve?

🗣️ Practice English
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Don’t worry about mistakes — this is a place to practice.