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
What exactly is a "SMART" goal? It's a way of being systematic with your commitment to yourself. There are many different versions of this system, but we will focus on
You walk up, smile, look each other in the eye, and say "hello". After "hello, how are you", then what? What do you say next? All of these ideas are
We've already talked about the common difficulties people have of being tongue-tied and unable to speak even though they know what they want to say. This happens most often because of reasons other than language
"I can't understand anything" How many people have said this before about a language that they are learning? I'm sure almost everyone has said it at least once in
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
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
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
"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
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
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 total waste of time, but if you want people to […]
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 entering their brain. Why is this? Most of your attention, […]
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 would be. After you run through every possible answer in […]
“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 get the score that you need to be successful? Have […]
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 in this situation? Well, if those people listening are important […]
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 been repeating the same techniques, and falling into the same […]
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 your head again. They don’t stick in your memory. This […]
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 I saw the Turkish word for “on duty” pass me […]
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 that”. All these great ideas and sentences are floating through […]
“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 you just can’t start moving in that direction? This is because of […]
