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 »
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 …
10 Polite English Ways To Turn Down An Invitation Read More »
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 …
Where Should You Begin Learning English? [Video] Read More »
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 …
A big part of English learning success is luck. Most people think that hard work is the most important factor in learning English, but really it’s just an added bonus. Even the laziest person in the world can become effective at speaking English if they had all the time in the world. It would take …
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 …
So far this week, we’ve looked at two important ways to learn English: 1. Walking before you can run [read it here] and 2. Crawling before you walk [read it here] Today… memory. Your memory is an incredible tool. Many times a day, you ‘experience’ information. But most of this information just gets lost. You …
We’ve all experienced anxiety while speaking. We try to be confident, but it doesn’t always work. It goes like this: You’re talking to someone and you feel like your words are stuck. Your words just won’t come out. You start to panic and get stressed. So you use simpler phrases and words (things that you learned …
Learning a new language opens up a new world of possibilities. There are millions of new people who you can interact with and thousands of new opportunities and jobs that you can pursue. It’s probably the reason why you started learning English in the first place. But the truth is a language isn’t just a …
