BLC Blog

As a language school we have readily adopted many forms of social media as they are a great way of communicating and this enables us to reach our audience in a way they are familiar with. BLC can be found talking daily on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. However, the use of language is very different within social networks – do you know what RL, ROFL, LOL and tweet mean for example?

Do you find them useful aspects of language or hard to understand? Can you think of more examples of such phrases? You can give your examples and discuss whether you like using this type of language on our new online learning platform: Planet Bubble.

Bubble has just been launched to allow the learning of our students to continue beyond their time at BLC. Combining the fun of social media with the rigour of studying its aim is to encourage peer learning.

Anyone learning English can sign up using a simple form, giving you access to a wide range of language problems to discuss. These language tasks focus on popular topics, such as the identity of Banksy and the Occupy protest for example. There is also a place to chat with other English language learners and you can help others with their language questions. Have a look for yourself and become one of the early Bubblers!