(Photo credit http://bit.ly/1omDwlB) For many people, giving a presentation is the scariest thing in the world, however there are some simple things to remember to make sure you are not going to fall flat on your face. Check out these tips and check our presentation to see if you are doing these, or not doing…
Wow what an honour to get this. I must thank thinkingpaco at http://thinking-languages.com/ for this great honour. I have only been writing my blog for a couple of months and have only 141 followers, so I’m delighted to accept it. Here are the answers to the questions you asked me. – How many languages do you…
(Photo credit Parker Knight) When you plan to learn English everyone is different. At our Language Centre we find a lot of students like to study in the morning, but then there are the ones who like to sleep in, and prefer the afternoon. However, not only is everyone different, every discipline of English requires…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/VOyWpw) Whether you are an ESL student or an ESL teacher, you will both have to admit that the thought of sitting the IELTS exam is downright terrifying. Why? Because it’s not easy that’s why. But some parts of the exam are harder than others. Tell me which one task (if you…
(Photo credit http://bit.ly/1q8t5pA) Okay, so if you are not sure exactly what an apostrophe is, here it is ………‘….. ….and let’s have some pronunciation practice: Now after me: a-pos-tro-phe (ah-poss-tro-fi) again a-pos-tro-phe and one more time a-pos-tro-phe Now let’s get on with this…so many students when they are talking to me about spelling, don’t know this…
(Photo credit http://bit.ly/1tzzv2D) Most of us love movies, whether you go out to the cinema with friends or buy the DVD and watch it at home, it’s a great way to relax. But the question is…can it also be useful for building your English skills? Yes it can. Of course that’s only if you are…
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(Photo credit http://bit.ly/1ojklZJ) All our brains are different, that’s what makes us who we are. And when it comes to learning, also not everyone can learn in the same way. I know from teaching for many years that there are some students who learn better using different methods.…
(Image credit http://bit.ly/1tq28jD) English grammar does have its ‘special cases’ that make the learning confusing and frustrating, but today I’m not going to talk about those ones. I’m going to talk about the ones that have a very simple and specific rule and you really SHOULD know them, and there SHOULDN’T be any excuse from…
Just recently I started to learn some Islamic prayers in Arabic. I can’t read Arabic so I downloaded the Arabic words in English script. That didn’t make it any easier because I still needed to hear it. Fortunately I was able to also download the voice over of these words. That was much better, but…
