All of us at CanPacific College of Business and English would like to wish you good health and all the best this holiday season and the year to come. We’d also like to extend our thanks to those who have supported us throughout the year. Even though it’s a challenging time for everybody due to […]
Month: December 2021
“Like father, like son”
This proverbial expression is used if the son is very much like his father. There’s an alternative version, which is ‘like mother, like daughter.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canpacific LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2923770/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canpacific/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHi6Jd15XOCu-mn_F8-QwQ Special promotion: https://www.canpacificcollege.com/lead.php
Long Vowel Sounds
At CanPacific, our instructors can help you improve your pronunciation and articulation. This blog entry is all about the long vowel sounds. In the table below, you’ll find the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols of the long vowel sounds in the first column and the relevant word examples in the second one. Long Vowel Sounds […]
Japanese Loanwords
Have you tried karate, judo or kendo? You’ve probably had sushi or seen some bonsai trees. In fact, the words ‘karate,’ ‘judo,’ ‘sushi’ and ‘bonsai’ come from Japan. Over time, they have been absorbed into English. Such borrowed words are also called ‘loanwords.’ Of course, the spelling of the words in Japanese is different, and […]
