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Review the Biggest Buzzwords of the Week! When you follow national and worldwide affairs, you get access to dead and then un-dead ex-leaders, policy changes, new technology and more. Each week, we highlight the top buzzwords or terms that your students might not have known or even heard until now. All these words are featured in the most recent edition of The Week in Rap. And once students beef up their vocab, the news will make a lot more sense. THIS WEEK contradict (verb) -- to say the opposite of a statement made my someone, or deny the truth of something…

Review the Biggest Buzzwords of the Week! When you follow national and worldwide affairs, you get access to royal celebrations, government bans, acclaimed sci-fi writers and more. Each week, we highlight the top buzzwords or terms that your students might not have known or even heard until now. All these words are featured in the most recent edition of The Week in Rap. And once students beef up their vocab, the news will make a lot more sense. THIS WEEK nanny state (noun) -- a term that shows a view that a government or its policies are overprotective or interfering too much…

Summer is approaching. And we want to know: What are you reading? We're excited to partner with The New York Times Learning Network for their #summerreading celebration. Why the hashtag? Well it's a conversation that is happening on Twitter all about summer reading. We want you to share your reading choices, thoughts on how much to read and anything else. You can learn more about the discussion here. When you tweet, be sure to add #summerreading to the message so that other participants can see what you think. Follow @Flocabulary on Twitter to make sure that you catch our updates.…

Review the Biggest Buzzwords of the Week! When you follow national and worldwide affairs, you get access to momentous elections, inspirational speeches, shocking earthquakes and more. Each week, we highlight the top buzzwords or terms that your students might not have known or even heard until now. All these words are featured in the most recent edition of The Week in Rap. And once students beef up their vocab, the news will make a lot more sense. THIS WEEK momentous (adj) -- of great importance or significance, especially in its bearing on the future Why it matters? Egypt's first election in…