English is indeed a funny language. For English students, it can be a frustrating exercise, trying to make sense of all the endless grammar rules — only to find a list of exceptions. The English language is totally crazy… Below, I have collected just a few things that make the English language unique. Enjoy! […]
Talking about your family should be one of the easiest things to do in English. These people are your family, so you should know them very well. Talking about your family for over five minutes should be no problem for you. But many students stumble over this topic and just don’t know what to say.
Describing how to do something — a process or a sequence of events — is a pretty straightforward process. The main thing you should think of is how to do this process in the right chronological order. In the following guide, I want to show you what you need to talk about and how to
You enter the class and the students are all talking loudly with each other. You get them to focus on what you are teaching for today’s lesson. You pick on one or two students to read something out loud. The first student reads from the book and the whole class can hear them. They speak at
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It’s the night before your IELTS test. You are having those pre-test nerves. You have studied hard for the test and two days ago you really believed you were ready. But now you are not so sure. What to do? One last night of cramming before the test? You could manage that — just go
Are you looking for a study plan that not only acts as the ultimate To-Do list, but actually forces you to get all the tasks done? In this short guide, I want to show you a method that is foolproof in making sure that you stick to your plans — and tick everything off your
Teaching English online has just exploded in the last few years. To many people, it seemed like the perfect digital nomad gig — sit in front of a computer screen for two hours and teach English to students far away and get paid a reasonable amount. Chilling in your bungalow on the beach in Thailand…
Every country has its own unique words and phrases. These expressions are often well-known by native speakers but difficult to learn for people learning the language. In the English language, this is made all the more difficult because there are different variants of English. We have American, Australian and British English to name just three.
In the IELTS speaking test, the worst thing a student can do is dry up and have nothing to say. The purpose of the speaking test is for you to speak English for two minutes with clarity, with a certain level of fluency and with a decent range of vocabulary. Talking about technology is a
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I hate learning English! This is a very common complaint from English and ESL students around the world. Through no fault of their own, English became the main global language of the world. And now they have to learn it. With 350 million native English speakers and 430 million people speaking English as a second