Students often feel bad about their language development and say, “Teacher, I’m making too many mistakes, I’m confused!” Some students give up their studies owing to this frustration. But making mistakes and being confused isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What …
Do you know what metalanguage is? Perhaps only a few are acquainted with it. Yet, it stands as one of the most valuable terms you can acquire during your language studies. Picture a skilled mechanic meticulously assembling the components of …
This is a question I get asked sometimes and I was asked again recently. It usually concerns an area of grammar we are studying. In this case, it was the present perfect (I have been to Brazil / I have …
Something that intrigues a lot of students is the word ‘shall’. My students a few weeks ago were able to figure out the meaning from the Valentine’s Day context clue. Read on to find out how you can use it…
Do you want to learn to speak better? Inversion is one way you can do this. Following on from our previous post about inversion, we will now tell you about another form of inversion that you can use to finesse …
I was working with a high-flying Sales Executive of a top French multinational company last week. He told me that he was having trouble explaining to his English-speaking colleagues that he was selling a lot and he wanted to use …
If it’s good enough for Winston Churchill, it’s good enough for you!What’s inversion, I hear you say. Ready for a challenge? What is it and why should I use it? If you know what this is, tell us on social …