by LynnColeman | Wed 6 Feb 2019 | Blog
Why putting English off can be a sign that you’ve forgotten something important You know, there’s a story I hear all the time when I’m teaching English. It’s the ‘My teacher told me I was no good at English’ story. Or the ‘Everyone laughed at my English’ story....
by LynnColeman | Tue 29 Jan 2019 | Blog
Listening is an important skill. In business it can make the difference between a sale or no sale, between understanding feedback from a client or not, between understanding new information at an event or not and many other situations. So, listening practise is...
by LynnColeman | Wed 23 Jan 2019 | Blog
’No’ is a tricky word in English. If you say “No” by itself, you’re likely to sound irritated or even angry. I call it the Naked No. If a Brit uses the naked No, you can safely assume that you’re in trouble. So what should you do if you need to say ‘No’? Well,...
by LynnColeman | Wed 28 Nov 2018 | Blog
One of the most annoying things about learning English is not being able to find a word. Added to that, English has a lot of words, for this to happen with. So, this is a situation that you can expect to run into. Four solutions when you can’t find a word: Look...
by LynnColeman | Tue 30 Oct 2018 | Blog
Let’s put the record straight – I have nothing against Americans or American English. I lived in Texas for a while and I loved it. However, I do think it’s important that you realise that mixing up US and UK English can sound strange. Imagine 2 very...
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