Apology for this belated post. The 7th must-know BE phrasal verb is “BE+ABOUT” . First of all, the most obvious and straightforward meaning of “about” is “regarding”. 7-Be about… A: I’ve just finished reading a very interesting book. B: Really? What is it about? = What is the story of the book? What is the […]
This article will be helpful for those of you who believe you have a good command of the English language. You can speak fluently, you know the words, you know the grammar, you’re clear enough for most native speakers, however, you might get the feeling that you don’t sound interesting when you speak English. You […]
How’s your English? No bluffing! “My English is good” they say. Good English! Can’t tell you how frustrating for me to hear those words. What a vague answer! It’s like someone either really sucks at English or is trying to be modest about it. In whichever case, it infuriates me. It’s an “in-no-man’s-land” sort of […]
Not only English, being great at anything pretty much all comes down to how bad you want it. You’ve got to want it! You’ve got to want it so bad that you wouldn’t want to exist in this world without it. It’s the food you eat, the water you drink and the air your breathe. […]
Listening & Speaking activity Level: Higher elementary, Pre-intermediate and Lower Intermediate. Length: 90-120 minutes. Created by: Patrick Hayeck You’re welcome to use this material in your classroom but it would be great it you could credit me for it and recommend this website to both students and teachers. PART A: Minimal pairs /t/ and /d/. […]
Bad pronunciation comes basically from 3 reasons that your pronunciation may not be good enough or clear enough. We’ll refer to these 3 reasons as the 3 don’ts. We’ll use the following sentence to demonstrate the 3 dont’s. I will get back to you as soon as possible (you often say or hear that sentence […]
If you’re a teacher, don’t give your students a headache by talking too much about the jargon, just tell them that we usually choose a word or two in a sentence to put more stress on to help the listener understand the key point or idea of the sentence. If you get asked by a […]
MEET TOMOHIRO MEET AYAKO He comes from a rich family. He has a job and work experience. He is going to do the TOEIC test 3 months later, so he has plenty of time to study for it. He lives in the US. He thinks his girlfriend might be cheating on him. She comes from […]
They’re not the same. You can be speaking native English without a purely American accent, British accent, Australian accent, Kiwi accent, Canadian accent, Irish accent, Scottish accent or South African accent. It can be a mix of all these accents. Your English could borrow different attributes or characteristics from each one of the accents above […]
Isn’t that what many learners do? Literally study and memorize the dictionary from cover to cover? And how many learners study every grammar rule in the textbook? Some learners seriously know about the structure of the language more than many teachers. I have also met so many of them who are extremely fluent, and seriously […]