Category: English learning

In last week’s blog post I briefly mentioned paraphrasing and thought it would be a great idea to give some more examples of this simple technique. To paraphrase basically means to reword any given...

Language is to be spoken We all know that the point of learning any language is to be able to have conversations with others. Not only to be understood in the supermarket, but also...

  Welcome back to another English article. Today we’re going to look at a few common English idioms.  But what is an idiom exactly? Well, my definition would be something like this:  “A form...

This is the big question. I totally understand why people ask this because probably you’ve noticed that often natives don’t speak a language anything like the one you learn in textbooks. It’s confusing. I’ve...

There’s no question that writing in your target language will greatly improve your skills, and when combined with the other methods we talk about on the blog, you’ll definitely see progression. The only problem...

Who’s the crazy one?  Every day we experience thousands of thoughts. Unless we’re meditating, or asleep, our minds are constantly working and throwing out random ideas, worries, and memories.  Did you ever see that...

Welcome. Today is a fantastic day. The sun is shining, at least where I am, I have coffee and a lovely dialogue for you. Yes, this is the first in a new series of...