Ways to study English smarter.
This post is for beginners. It may be useful for others, too. For good English you need to read English. Reading English is hard. Sometimes there are words you don’t understand. Don’t quit. You need to do more work when you are starting to read English. Sometimes you choose to read, sometimes you have to … [Read more…]
These days a lot of people have smartphones. I think maybe only my parents have slim phones that only make calls and receive text messages. Most people use their smartphones for games or internet surfing or email. Some people use them to time their runs and record how many miles they have run. However, there … [Read more…]
So many people are busy and a lot of people think they are too busy to study English outside their English lesson time. That once-a-week lesson, with no homework in between, means that you leave seven days available for forgetting what you learned. This post from Learn English at Home gives you some ideas about … [Read more…]
Since I became a teacher I have been interested in how people use technology to help them study. When I was setting up this website and the social media that I use to let people know about it, I found some interesting ways to use Pinterest and Evernote for language study. Use Pinterest as a … [Read more…]
A lot of students have problems using articles, the short words a, an and the. Remember: A/an means one single thing The means one particular thing or some particular things/stuff or things we know and are talking about (or sometimes about animal or plant species. No article means any things/ stuff. A and an are … [Read more…]
Word cards are one of the most useful ways to study vocabulary, in my experience. You can take them with you easily, and remove cards with known vocabulary from the list so you are studying only what you need. I think it is best to study vocabulary in English only, as much as possible. The … [Read more…]