Imagine a child sitting in front of a desk, his head in his hands, and mumbling various lists of words over and over. Does this child remind you of your own experience? If yes, I bet that “list of words” does not sound appealing to you. You are almost ready to swear that they do […]
Sad, but true. Just about everywhere you look online, the English language is suffering a fate worse than death. The problem, in reality, is so widespread that it has begun to affect all aspects of the language. “But, what on Earth does this have to do with Internet marketing?” you may be asking. Well, my […]
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His back still a little stiff from the one hour plus flight, Kelly Grant emerged into the maw that is Barcelona’s airport. His Dutch was good, his French fair, his Spanish more than passable, and his American English still rang with a twinge of his fluent German. But this was after all, Spain, bastion of […]
Let’s see shall we, night school in Bracknell or cultural immersion language course in cosmopolitan Barcelona? I’ll give you a second to cogitate over that conundrum shall I? Ok it shouldn’t be the hardest decision you’ll ever have to make - with opportunities to learn languages abroad becoming better and cheaper you’d be hard pushed […]
The invention of the internet has made everything easier right? You can now shop online, send letters, find information at the drop of a hat, even find your house in satellite pictures on Google Earth. However, you would of course think that as learning a language involves speaking, this is something you would not be […]
You begin to speak, “Today’s grammar focus lesson will be on …” Your EFL learners groan aloud interrupting you. “Oh no, grammar again?”, they chant, almost in unison. You’re not exactly all that enthused yourself, but what can you do? It’s in the program.
Grammar teaching is almost always in demand and often difficult to tackle. […]