(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2jjWC70) When a person finishes their English course we know for sure they aren’t really finished. To be finished is literally a death signal, the best way to keep yourself open to new English is to keep your mind open and learn to change with the times. Even in myself as a native…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fVltWL) I get this again and again – ‘English courses for Specific Purposes’. It just makes me want to cringe – honestly. The whole idea of learning only key words for specific subject areas is just insanity. It’s like going to the Gym and saying I…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2Bkv9Gt) There are so many courses out there and often they are delivered in a variety of styles. Knowing the way in which you respond best to information is a very important determiner for retaining information and/or improving your English. Some people are very visual: These people respond well to pictures, scenes, views…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fRtVv6) This is a great rule of thumb for almost anything creative you do. The whole issue of getting started is often the hardest part, but if you think of it as starting from any point as an acceptable point, you’ll find the rest will fall…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2Bh8hr7) On this occasion I’m not going to say that teachers and other English speakers shouldn’t offer support and encouragement for those people learning English, but what I am saying is that there is a certain point where you the learner has to take charge and start reassuring yourself. This is not necessarily…
So often we get confused with the idea that English is about words….well its actually about much more, and I’m not talking about the grammar, idioms or sentence structure, I’m talking about what message you are passing to someone when you speak. This is one of those situations where you could say that one sentence…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2gxB7fa) Yes, watching someone learn English is like watch paint dry, it never seems to happen, but in fact th real process is like this – it goes slowly then suddenly. Actually if we want to get completely correct about it, it does have a growth…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2iP6mma) Many of you are thinking right now, how wonderful it is going to be when your English is so proficient you could almost be taken for a native speaker, where you are able to talk fluently and freely in virtually any situation and you also become the go-to person who can confidently…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2jmiRoN) When someone has reached a certain level of English and enjoy speaking the language freely whenever possible, one of the biggest problems they have is that they find it hard to find someone of the same level to expand their English with so often end up talking to others who’s English is…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2g0m8u1) This is a really tough one because there are so many ‘native’ Englishes out there now that to be considered a native English speaker is a bit nonsensical these days. It all comes down to how technically perfect you are, how fluent you are and…
