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How to improve your English grammar and reading skills
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It’s certainly not by learning the rules of grammar as you would learn the rules of physics, but rather by….well…reading. Yes, it’s that simple, reading everything and anything you can get your hands on. It would help a great deal if you could find something you are really crazy or obsessed about. 20 years…
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How To Master English Pronunciation
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Thoughts on English Pronunciation I must have written tens of articles about English pronunciation but I never run out of ideas or other angles to view this topic from. Pronunciation, for the majority of learners, is what they study when having problems being understood. On the other hand, for some, it essentially has to…
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Why did Robin Williams end his life?
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They all said it’s depression. Yes, true, but why was he depressed?. Why would a person like HIM, who had what HE had, be depressed and then end up hanging himself with a belt? As I switched myself onto the “reflective mode”, here’s why I think the great actor chose to put himself to…
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Improving English: None for you without review
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The title of this article says it all. So why is review such an important part of the learning process and improving English? Well, just look at the first two letters of the word “review”, what have you got? That’s right. “Re”. “Re” also happens to be the first two letters of the word…
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Who can master native English?
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Out of a hundred thousand people reading this article, there could only be one who, 1/has the mind power to master the spoken English, and 2/has the talent and skills to master it without the help of a good teacher or coach. I am aware that the notion of mastering the spoken English is…
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Learning English or learning about English?
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Learning English, learning about English, “tomEYto” “tomAHto” you might think. Unfortunately, most English learners spend 70% of their time learning about English. They learn about grammar rules, vocabulary, how to write an essay or pass an exam etc. but hardly learning English as in fully immersing themselves in the language. Look, needless to say,…
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The stubborn pronunciation problems of Japanese learners
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Japanese are stubborn, so are their pronunciation problems Japanese students of English struggle with their pronunciation problems. No matter how advanced the speakers are, no matter how long the learners have been learning or speaking English for, some (phonetic) mistakes are real stubborn aren’t they? They keep happening over and over and Japanese students…
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How to understand native English speakers!
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They’re not speaking fast, your ears are hearing slow! Why can’t I understand native English speakers? Why do they speak so fast? How do they speak so fast? What on earth do I do to get to the point when I can turn off my subtitles and just enjoy watching a movie without them?…
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What grammar book is good to learn English?
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None! It does not exist. You never learn a language by studying grammar. Grammar books should only be used as a reference, just like a dictionary. You use a dictionary to look up the meaning of a word, that is to improve your vocabulary, and you should use a grammar book to help you…