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 …
A few weeks ago, I recorded a video with an online English teaching friend, Kim from English With Kim. We talked about topics, such as: Why finding your ‘why‘ should be a priority Using appropriate language to sound more natural What do we mean by ‘Analysing conversations’ The two different types of academic writing that students will …
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The other day, I read something that really annoyed me. It was about some bartenders (people who serve drinks at bars) who are getting tired of serving mojitos. Now, if you didn’t know, a mojito is an alcoholic drink made from rum, mint leaves, lime, ice and soda. It takes a bit of practise to …
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, …
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 language). But I figured out a solution. So, if you have ever felt lost, …
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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 or learning. It’s easy to teach a lesson on how to write sentences using the present simple. It’s …
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 be easier? Writing a dissertation still wouldn’t be really easy… but it would definitely be easier. Well, in today’s post, I’m …
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Time is valuable to everyone, but time management can be difficult. You’ve probably had times when you’ve wished for more time (most likely at 11pm the night before an assignment deadline…) For some reason, though, the closer a deadline gets, the better we become at time management. For a few hours, days, or even weeks, we get …
Being late is easy! Why is waking up for a 9am lecture much harder than waking up for a 5am flight? It’s tough waking up for an early class (especially if your lecturer isn’t the most interesting person in the world). And then there’s always the model student who is always early for the 9am …
