If you read my last blog post, then you already know why listening skills in another language can be difficult and frustrating to improve. But luckily for language learners everywhere, there are some easy tips you can follow in order to improve your listening comprehension. Read on for part two of my five-part series onContinueContinue reading “Part 2: 5-Part Guide to Improving Your English Listening Skills”
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Part 1: 5-Part Guide to Improving Your English Listening Skills
Listening to speakers in another language can be challenging at first. Often, the pronunciation is different than you expect, due to differences from your native language, the dialect of the speaker, or the situation. For example, if “r” in your language is pronounced like an English speaker’s “h”, every time you hear or pronounce anContinueContinue reading “Part 1: 5-Part Guide to Improving Your English Listening Skills”
See ya: 9 ways to say goodbye
Last week, the school where I teach in-person closed, and everyone at the school – teachers, staff, and students – spent several days celebrating and saying goodbye (and also being a little sad!). Whether formal or informal, there are many ways to say ‘goodbye’ in English. Here are just nine! 1. bye / bye byeContinueContinue reading “See ya: 9 ways to say goodbye”
Brrrr! 7 Winter Weather Words
Even though spring is technically here (well…in the Northern Hemisphere anyway!), that doesn’t mean that winter weather has said goodbye. Read on for seven useful winter weather phrases. snowed in This phrasal verb is used when you cannot leave (usually your house) because there has been too much snow. We went on vacation in the mountainsContinueContinue reading “Brrrr! 7 Winter Weather Words”
Reporting Language
What happens when you’re writing something – say, a writing assignment for a class – and you have to introduce words or ideas that someone else said or wrote? You need… Reporting Language! Reporting language (or reporting verbs) are used in writing to introduce outside sources to your reader. Whether you are quoting or paraphrasingContinueContinue reading “Reporting Language”
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