Who can forget the early practice exercises that had the learner taking an imaginary ‘shopping’ trip to the local grocery store in order to expand their item vocabulary? These exercises while quite practical were not very inspiring. Talk about boring! Who wants to remember how to say ‘I want ten bananas’, or ‘How much is [...]
Everyone is familiar with the normal steps to learning English as a second language: vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, and pronunciation. This is the normal set of skills used in the learning of any new language, but all languages are learned by their native speakers through hearing the words spoken and noting the tone, pacing, and sound [...]
EF podEnglish improves your English with bite-sized 5 minute videos. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as…
Who does not enjoy a good movie? Movies are an excellent way to get a view into the ideas, myths and values of the culture they represent and while they seem the perfect way to learn English, learners must be made aware of the pitfalls they represent.
EF podEnglish improves your English with bite-sized 5 minute videos. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as…
Navigating through the English language is fraught with pitfalls and can be a confusing, frustrating labyrinth without a guide to help point out the points of interests. Trying to inspire adolescents (or oneself) to travel through this tangled maze requires a ‘hook’ or interesting approach to keep them involved.
EF podEnglish improves your English with bite-sized 5 minute videos. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as…
EF podEnglish improves your English with bite-sized 5 minute videos. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as…
The hardest part of learning (and teaching) a new language is the need to familiarize oneself with the grammar requirements of the language to be learned, with English this is particularly tricky to do. When the person learning English is an adolescent or pre-teen there are a few resources that can help the learning process.
Learning English is a difficult task in the best of circumstances and in today’s busy world it can be a overwhelming undertaking without a reliable resource that can afford the ESL student to opportunity to practice writing, reading and listening the language. There are several free online websites that can be sources for helping ESL [...]