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How To Impress Your Friends By Talking To Yourself
Do you ever freeze before replying to someone because you don’t know what to say? Or, do you avoid speaking to people, so you don’t have to use English? I know how it feels – I was the same (in another
Continue readingMake Your English Natural with Collocations
Do you dream of speaking English like it was your first language? Do you ever wish you could write sentences which just seem natural and complex? Do you want to avoid using strange expressions like ‘snow
Continue readingWhich English Tense Should You Use?
The English tenses are a bit of a nightmare. It scares them so much that they put too much focus on it OR ignore it completely! For teachers and frustrated students, grammar gives a structure for teaching
Continue readingHow to Read And Take Really Good Notes
“I didn’t know that I would have to read so much!” “Sam, I have to read too much on my course. I don’t know what’s important.” Does this sound familiar? One thing that many of my students
Continue readingImprove Your English Listening Skills In 10 Minutes
Put your hand up if listening tests and lectures stress you out. But the truth is many students don’t evaluate their listening. They usually just finish the listening and forget about it… Why? they
Continue readingUsing Journal Articles to Make Your Dissertation (and Your Life) Easier
Anyone who has written or is writing a dissertation will agree with me when I say: Dissertations are not easy. Are they fun? Possibly. Are they easy? No, definitely not. But what if dissertations could
Continue readingHow to Easily Write An Introduction For Any Essay
I think you’ll agree with me when I say that sometimes: It’s really difficult to write a good essay introduction. Or is it? Well, it turns out that introductions can be much easier to write if
Continue readingThesis Statements: The Complete Guide
Thesis statements are pretty important, but they cause students a whole lot of trouble. You can find them in the introduction of an essay. They’re usually only one sentence and they contain two important
Continue reading14 Effective Academic English Vocabulary Learning Strategies
Having a good Academic English vocabulary is a significant part of studying at university. If you have a large Academic English vocabulary, you’ll write better essays, give better presentations and
Continue readingFive Fun Ways to Learn English Without Opening a Textbook
What if you could learn English and have fun without studying textbooks? That would be great right? I mean, I technically learnt English (along with around 400 million other people) without consciously
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