Phrasal Verbs: Take your English To A Whole New Level! It’s true. It’s amazing how few are those who know it though. Unfortunately, English learners seem to think of them as slang, so they avoid them. Since they think of them as slang, they do not make them a priority. They’d rather stick to…what was […]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0lWSd4n5Q&feature=youtu.be Learn English from the world’s most successful businessmen like Donald Trump. Practice speaking English like a native by listening to and watching Donald Trump in one of his campaign speeches as he was criticizing one of his opponents, Carly Fiorina. Trump uses very simple vocabulary but the way he speaks makes him sound confident […]
I don’t know what it is anymore, seriously, I thought I did but I’m confused now. It’s amazing when you see a bunch of “educators” refusing to take a long, hard look at their lamentable situation and do something about it. At some point, you think they are just plain stupid, but then you say […]
That’s not always true, but 80% of the times it kind of is, a new voice is a new life. The idea here is not for you to go to your nearest hospital and start shopping for a new throat with new vocal chords, we’re talking about speaking another language, a second or third language. […]
Because I’m EVIL! What else could it possibly be? Why would anyone make fun of someone’s pronunciation or accent if it’s not simply for the….fun of it? Look, I’m not going to sit there and lie to you, it IS fun. Am I doing it for fun though? No. Am I doing it because I […]
Having taught hundreds of adult learners of English, many of whom were desperately looking for work in Sydney, one of the most expensive cities in the world, I have come to notice a number of factors that lead the students to bomb a job interview. To apply for jobs looking for “bubbly” personalities Be realistic. […]
Don’t worry, I’m neither possessed nor schizophrenic and I haven’t lost my mind! It’s not the field that I hate, just the actual term itself. Why? Because the term “pronunciation”, as it is understood now by ESL specialists and schools, does not do justice to the actual concept of pronunciation. Ask an average ESL teacher […]
I know what you’re thinking. What does a blog about English learning have to do with terrorism, right? Well, just bear with me and keep on reading, you’ll find out. Anyone ever wondered how someone becomes a full-time terrorist? It’s amazing isn’t it? I mean those people do terror for a living. They are totally […]
I wrote the title so just to make it short, so do not think that I’m taking the piss out of Japanese people or anything like that. Japanese people are quite embarrassed about the fact that they cannot speak English and they (well, many of them I guess) have begun to realize that they’re a […]
Is that fair? Who cares? Life’s not fair in many ways, is it? You might have the most remarkable vocabulary and the most accurate grammar and still be wondering why you can’t get people to like hanging out with you or just have a conversation with you. No one likes robots. No one likes a […]