🎃 Spooky Season 101: How Halloween is Celebrated in English-Speaking Countries 👻

October 31st isn’t just about costumes and candy — Halloween is a full-on vibe, especially in English-speaking countries where young people go all out to celebrate the spooky season. Whether you’re a horror movie fanatic or just here for the pumpkin lattes, here’s your quick guide to Halloween, plus some freaky fun facts! How Do…

🌕 Celebrating the 2025 Moon Festival

What It Celebrates This year, the Mid‑Autumn Festival—also known as the Moon or Mooncake Festival—fell on October 6, 2025. Rooted in over 3,000 years of lunar and harvest reverence, it’s one of East Asia’s most significant cultural traditions. What it celebrates Core Traditions Regional Highlights A beautiful visual summary capturing how families in China celebrated the festival…

The Influence of Pope Innocent VIII’s “Summis desiderantes affectibus” on European Witch Hunts

A Pivotal Papal Bull Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull “Summis desiderantes affectibus” on December 5, 1484. This significant document addressed the growing concerns about witchcraft in Europe and provided the impetus for subsequent witch hunts. Context and Issuance During his papacy from 1484 to 1492, Innocent VIII faced various political and religious challenges.…

Role of language laboratory in developing language skills.

Through originated in the USA, Language laboratory rapidly gained ground in UK in the 1960’s. Now it forms an important technique of teaching in several countries and especially in the teaching of foreign language. Introduction to language labs Modern language labs are known by many names, digital language lab, foreign language lab, English language lab,…