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
Do you have trouble having a conversation in English with your colleagues? Do you feel all tongue-tied and shy when you encounter someone at work and they try to have a conversation with you? Sometimes you might be with someone, maybe in the elevator, or waiting to get some coffee, and you are with someone
You can use questions to describe people in English. Let me show you how. It is very common in the IELTS speaking test for the examiner to ask you to introduce a person or someone you know. This could be in the form of one of your parents or grandparents, a friend or classmate, a
I want to share with you three books that I read in my English class when I was at school. These books have stayed in my imagination all my life and I have used them myself with my own English students. I think the level of English in all three of these books is not
Thousands of students from all over the world travel to a country such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, America or Ireland to study English. These students may stay in the school for one year or just a couple of weeks but the process of choosing the right place to study can be