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Pronunciation
Perfect your pronunciation
How can we have perfect English pronunciation? It can be easy if you follow the correct guidance and read material with all the hard pronunciation errors pointed out to you from the get-go, such as; diphthongs, Read more…
American and British English
Differences in spelling between British and American English
In this list, I’ll outline the rules as to the main differences between British and American spelling. Rules with examples will be shown in easy fashion so that you can easily distinguish between American and Read more…
Confusions in English
Las diferencias entre ‘do’ y ‘make’
Do and make. What are the differences between do and make? I’ll try to be as concise and short as possible so let’s have a quick look. Rules and an elaboration on ‘do’ We use ‘do’ to Read more…
Verb Order
Verbs: gerund, bare infinitive or to + infinitive?
It can be difficult to know when you can use a gerund, a Bare infinitive or ‘to’ + infinitive, and whether or not it is correct. A gerund is an -ing ending. eg: running, enjoying, playing Read more…
Perfect pronunciation
3 rules to native English pronunciation
Don’t have a great accent? You’re not able to mimic a British or an American accent? Forget it. Simply trying to obtain a perfect English accent is pointless and has no sense in a world Read more…
Question tags
Question tags explained in full
What are question tags exactly? Question tags are small tags inserted at the ends of affirmative statements. The statements can either be negative or affirmative but the question tags always follow the procedure; negative after Read more…
English articles
Simple guide to articles In English
Why do we always confuse, or forget all together articles? It seems most English learners need to go back and study the basic rules of when, which and why we use articles, whether they be; Read more…
When to use the preposition 'to' ?
‘I told to him’ or ‘I told him’? ‘Explain me’ or ‘explain to me’? Which verbs take the preposition and which ones do not?
Tell to or tell. Ever wondered why we say ‘explain to me what happened’ and NOT ‘explain me what happened’? The reason is that certain verbs of communication whose object is indirect always take the Read more…
Pronunciation
Quick introduction to IPA
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation that assigns a unique symbol to each sound that we can find in a language. Its symbols are applicable to any Read more…
Pronunciation
Why having “an accent” is not a bad thing
One thing I’ve noticed virtually all language learners want to achieve, as soon as they can, is getting rid of their accent. That is, the specific phonetic features of their speech that are a dead giveaway of the speaker’s first language. And when it comes to native accents, most learners seem to have made their choice - whether their preference leans towards the old prestige, fancier British accent, or the modern, hollywood reminiscent and snappier American accent. Because, let’s be honest, nobody really thinks of beautiful New Zealand as their first choice (anyone?).
English teaching methods
The direct method is the only game in town
Direct method – It was three years back when I landed my first job in an English academy in Madrid, Spain. I was young, inexperienced, very nervous and had absolutely no idea how on earth Read more…
'Get'
A complete rule set and insider’s guide to ‘get’
Get – Ever wondered why natives always use the word ‘get’? Never been able to decode the word? Well, here in this article we have a complete insider’s guide to this word, detailing the rules Read more…
