Did you know that most native speakers notice a person’s pronunciation before their grammar?
That’s right, all those hours you spent trying to make your grammar perfect haven’t been as useful as you thought they were…
Grammar is not a
Many learners of English read books or articles regularly and think that they are actively studying English–that is, they study vocabulary while reading.
The truth is, most people aren’t.
They’re reading passively and less than 1% of the language is
It’s the last two or three days before your English exam and you’re sitting at your desk, flipping through papers. You’re looking at the list of speaking topics you found from some IELTS blog and imagining what the perfect answer
“Oh that (insert exam name) is so terrible! It’s such a difficult exam! They make it so that it’s impossible to get a score higher than (insert score)!”
Is this how you think about English exams? Do you struggle to
It’s time for you to speak. Everyone’s eyes are on you. They’re expecting something from you, and you want to make sure that you say something good if you want to find success in speaking…
What do you usually do
If you’ve been learning a skill for several years, you’re probably pretty comfortable about your performance and abilities. You might have a high level of confidence in language learning.
And you probably haven’t learned anything new lately either.
You’ve probably
If you think carefully about all the words that you see or hear every day, how many do you actually remember?
Not very many, probably. These words come in through your eyes or ears, and fall right back out of
Have you ever translated the same word multiple times, only to realize that you should know this word by now? Are you tired of forgetting words as soon as you see or hear them?
This happened to me once when
You’re sitting at the table with a group of international colleagues, and everyone is speaking in English. You’d like to contribute more to the conversation, but the only thing you hear yourself saying is “uh-huh”, “yeah”, and “we can do
“I know what I need to do to succeed… but I just can’t do it”
Do you ever feel like you’re not making progress with your learning? Like you know where you should be going, but