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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 their lives. Saying something like this is quite harmful for your success in learning. You may as well just shoot yourself […]
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 knowledge. Many people know exactly how to learn the language, and spend most of their free time doing exactly that, […]
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 floating around in your head but you just can’t seem to get them out. You know you should say something… […]
