The day Resistance took a beating… It’s 15:15 on the 14th January 2020. Resistance, the beast that had clouded my vision and halted my progress lay on the floor, battered and broken. It’s been a while since I wrote to you. That’s my bad. To be honest, the past few months have been quite busy …
Internet slang abbreviations are everywhere in the English language part of the internet. As the Game of Thrones saying goes: the internet is dark and full of terrors… But don’t worrry! This lesson will help you to light up the dark parts. Before we jump into the meat of this lesson, let’s first look at what abbreviations …
English Internet Slang Abbreviations (The Common Ones) Read More »
“How many words should I learn in a week?” This is a question on a lot of minds. Truth is – I’m all about QUALITY over QUANTITY when it comes to words. I’d rather focus on the words that are going to be the most useful… not the words that look good. A good comparison …
Vocabulary problems… Just writing that makes me think of the Jay Z song… If you’re having word problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but vocab ain’t one. LOL Enough of that. Time to get serious. As an English learner, you have probably experienced nervousness when speaking English. You’ve probably opened …
Do I Have A Vocabulary Problem? [A Video Lesson] Read More »
Ahhh… confusing words…. Sometimes, I think that’s the real reason we learn languages – just to see how messed up other languages are. So far, I’ve studied five languages: German (at school) Spanish (at school) Korean (in Korea) Japanese (at university) Mandarin/Hokkien Chinese (in Taiwan) My most successful language learning experiences were when I learnt …
Taking control of your English seems like a strange thing to do. But think about it… For most of your English learning life, you have: Learnt what someone else has told you to learn. Done activities that someone else has told you to do. Learnt English when someone else has told you to. Turned to …
How To Take Control Of Your English By Looking In The Mirror Read More »
In this audio lesson, you’re going to learn a really useful tip for learning English quickly and internalising it, so that you never forget it. But not only that… This method will also help you to use the language like it’s your first language. Imagine being able to use phrases so quickly that you don’t …
The Rolling Baby Method for Quickly Learning and Using English Read More »
The first step to learning any language is: passion. If you’re not passionate about the language (or at least interested in the language), you’re going to have a bad time. Case in point… When I was 11 years old, I was told that I HAD to learn German in school. I didn’t have a choice about …
Today’s lesson is a bit geeky… I think I was 9 years old when I first entered the world of Pokémon. I remember my granddad bought me an imported copy of Pokémon Blue (his favourite colour was blue) from the USA. I remember started the game on my old, gray original GameBoy and becoming instantly …
I received an interesting email from an English For Study subscriber the other day about English speaking frustrations. The email read: “ For me, the big frustration is to speak. I am always afraid to make mistakes. When I talk to native speakers, my sentences are still disordered. The words that I know well have not …
I Make Mistakes When I Speak in English [New Video] Read More »
