Changing your English teacher… or not.
It is healthy to have a good relationship with your teacher. You will learn more if you feel relaxed, confident and feel that you can trust them. Whether you have been with a teacher...
Category: Language acquisition
Some good TED talks for English learners
Watching TED talks can be a great way for students of English (and other languages) to practice. There are TED talks of all levels, covering a wide range of topics. You can choose to...
Why are you learning a language?
Many people are instinctively attracted to learning a language. However, other people, are not. Many see language learning as an impossible mountain to climb. Worse still, some people don’t see the point. In secondary...
The Influence of Guarani on Argentinian Spanish (and English)
Guarani is a very special language. It is one of the most widely spoken indigenous languages of the Americas. It is the only indigenous language spoken by a majority of the population of an American country...
How to make the most of your time studying English abroad
Last week we looked at how to choose a study-abroad programme. Hopefully, this will have been a fantastic decision. But your decisions don’t stop there! How you interact with the course, your classes and...
Preparing yourself for an Interview in English
So, you have your first interview in English. Great! Well done on getting this far. For many people, interviews can bring a lot of stress. This stress can be multiplied if you are worried...
English words used in Spanish
As an Englishman in Argentina, I have one strange problem sometimes – I’m not sure how to pronounce words of English origin. When I want to say to someone to meet me outside the...
Get it right! All the uses of ‘get’.
According to studies by the Oxford English Corpus, ‘Get’ is the 5th most common verb in English, and the 47th most common word overall. Despite native speakers using this verb constantly, it can be...
7 ways to learn vocabulary in the 21st century
Vocabulary is famously difficult to learn. Many boring hours have been spent by language students in the past practising lists of words. Perhaps they learned, and perhaps they didn’t. But, surely, today, there must...
Do you know these common English expressions?
English is absolutely full of funny little phrases. Some are easy to understand, and some are more difficult. The best way to learn expressions is by reading and listening as much as possible. But...
