If you are a small (or large!) business owner, chances are you are trying to promote your business on the internet. But it can be overwhelming trying to understand and navigate all the marketing options available online today. From websites …
Are you trying to improve your English for professional purposes? Many people in the world today are adding English to their list of professional skills, because English is the most widely spoken business language today. But interviewing in English –or …
There are dozens of ways to start learning a language, from total immersion to taking traditional classes at school, and many ways in between. There are so many language resources available today, as we’ve talked about at length in this …
Have you ever asked yourself why English is so simple? Of course not! Because to be honest, English is full of little tricks and traps that certainly do not make it easy to learn the language. Just one example? False …
In English, there’s no escaping this little verb. There are only 3 letters in “get” but it’s a very important word in English. Do you know its different meanings? What exactly do “Do you get what I mean?”, “I’ll get …
Some language schools only hire teachers who are native speakers of the language. That’s what customers want, that’s what a good language school provides. But is this discrimination? TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) seem to think so. In …
If you are like most English students, you try to find English language materials in your daily life, from magazines to music to television to newspapers…or even people! But today I’d like to talk about one common mistake many English …
Here’s a 5-minute video to help you or your students understand when to use each of the three different ways to pronounce the -ed at the end of verbs in the past simple tense. I hope this is helpful! CLICK …
The internet has changed the way we communicate. We are now living in what is called “the information age.” Through email, social networks, websites, forums, and chat messaging, we communicate faster than ever. More information is available to more people …
How does language reflect a culture? Does our native language lead us to think or behave in a certain way? And if so, how can that be possible? Many people, indeed linguistics experts and researchers, would say that language actually determines …