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 …
If you want to improve your English quickly, you’re not the only one! One of the most common questions I receive is: What’s the fastest way to learn English? (… or some variation of that question) To be honest, this is such a big question. There are many possible ways to learn English and different …
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Organic English? Wut? Think about this? What if there was a way to learn English naturally, like English speaking children do, without all the weird grammatical terms and rules. The only issue is that, we, as adults, like rules. We like knowing what we can and can’t do. Children on the other hand, don’t really …
Organic English: Happier, Healthier English Learning (A Case Study) Read More »
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 …
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A lot of English learners don’t think about sounding human when they speak English. Let’s face it… When we think about English… we think about words… We think about hours of sitting at a desk with a list of vocabulary and an old textbook.. We think about taking exams and listening to a tape recorder… …
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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 …
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 …
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What’s the best way to learn grammar? Should I read or do grammar exercises? It’s an interesting and common question. It’s also one which makes me smile – “what’s the best way to….?” “What’s the best way to make a movie?” “What’s the best way to start a business?” “What’s the best way to lift …
What are you English goals? Have you ever really spent much time thinking about them? A lot of people say they just want to speak really well or speak English like a native. OR… They say they’re unhappy with their English and just want to improve. There’s a bit of a problem here… Can you …
Reach Your English Goals Faster With These Three Questions [Self Study Series] Read More »
Is planning really the key to success? It could be. One thing’s for certain, though: Some of the most successful language learners (and people in general) plan. Even if they’re not doing it on purpose, they still follow some sort of plan. Today, I want to talk about planning and how it’s could be your …
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