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Come learn with me. I intend to answer all those questions you've always wanted to ask a teacher about the English language.
There are some words in English, and probably every language, that are similar in meaning, but different in usage and grammar. I actually created a course on a list of words that I am constantly...
As language learners, we all understand the importance and the stress of speaking. I had studied Spanish for 3 years at university level before I moved to Chile. I knew I had lots of words and lots...
Last week, I decided that I wanted to eat fish and chips for dinner. It had been ages since I had eaten that. So, I went to my local fish and chip shop to order it. The shop was really busy so I...
The first thing that students notice when they start learning English is that the writing system doesn't really help with pronunciation. Something that I love about Spanish is that the way a word...
Phrasal verbs are awesome. Native speakers use them A LOT in their everyday speech. We use them so much that we don’t even realise that we are using them. Therefore, it’s so important...
What are phrasal verbs? Well, they are verbs with two or three prepositions. For example:
- wake up,
- move on,
- sit down,
- get along with,
- get rid of.
They are used A LOT in our speaking. In fact, if...
I was recently asked in one of my English language classes about these three little words. I thought it was a great question because they are rather confusing. The student asked me: When do I use...
‘Get’ is such a wonderfully useful word in spoken English. If you want to make your spoken English sound more native like, then this is a great place to start.
The only problem is that...
Everybody wants to be polite….well I think most people want to be polite! It’s a little tricky in a second language, though. Often when English language students need to send a text...
There are so many good websites to practise your English listening skills. As an English language teacher, I have my favourites and I often ask my students what they are using. Personally,...
Everybody wants to improve their speaking. Even me! I want to improve my spoken Spanish! And we all know that we should ‘just speak English’! However, it’s not always that...
Let me begin by saying, I KNOW questions in English are really challenging. And yet... we all know how incredibly important they are. Having a 'normal' conversation with anyone requires us to...
