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Little do people know how important it is to work on your interviewing skills to find the sort of work you like. Having come to Australia at the age of 21 with no language skills or much experience in anything, I couldn’t rely much on my resume, but instead I really had to work…

It’s Not The Quantity, It’s The Quality! It’s not how many hours you sit in the classroom, it’s rather how much focus, attention and energy you show in the classroom. In Australia it’s typical for an English learner to study 20 hours per week, that’s 5 hours per day. The thing is it’s not…

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…

There you have it, some street slang spoken with an American accent. The dialogue basically focuses on a number of vowels but mainly 2: /æː/ /ʌ/. Now usually vowel /æː/  is short but in some parts of the US and the speakers’ style, some Americans may pronounce it as a long vowel, they stretch…

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You probably think that by smart, I mean cool and humorous answers, no I don’t. By smart, I mean safe without being boring. When native speakers greet first, many learners stick to the same 1-syllable or 1-word come backs (answers). For example: How are you? fine. How’s it going? Good. How are you doing?…

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…

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…

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…