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 …
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Good and Well… Two words that are very similar yet totally different. But, do not fear; everything will become clear soon, eager learner. Before we look at the difference and how to use the words, let’s think about what you already know. You know that good and well are both very common words, but did you know …
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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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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It’s 4:58pm. You’re about to finish work for the day. You’ve been thinking about going home, putting your feet up and relaxing all day. You can’t wait to get home, take your shoes off and relax. But then something terrible happens… … Your co-worker/friend asks you a question. They say: “Do you want to go …
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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 …
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The other day, my beautiful, pregnant wife and I were talking about the turtle we saved the other day. She said, “if the turtle doesn’t eat, it could have died.” Uh oh… English mistaaaake I corrected her, right there in the car. I did it, not because I’m a bad husband, but because I’m a …
From: The Confidence Killer. You might be thinking: “Who is this writing on English For Study?” Before I answer your question… I have a question for you. Have you ever walked away from a conversation and felt like hitting yourself in the head because you said something dumb? If you have, it’s probably because of …
Yesterday I told you about an English lesson I heard on the radio… To cut a long story short… the ‘English lesson’ on the radio was the opposite of helpful. The hosts of the radio show taught useless and uncommon vocabulary and called it ‘advanced English’. I received a few emails in response… One person …
Last week I asked this question: What is the purpose of language? Most of the messages I got were pretty correct. Answers like: To express ourselves. To communicate with others. To tell people what we can and should do And all of these are true. There are a couple more reasons that we could add, …
