One of the most important goals for any ESL student is to gain conversational skills. It’s crucial that you give your students plenty of opportunity to converse with each other, but sometimes it can be challenging to think of new topics for your students to practice speaking. Here are six fun speaking topics for your […]
Globalisation is bringing humanity closer together. Advances in transport, travel, trade, and technology have resulted in increased connections between nations. For teachers, it’s important to equip ESL students to engage with their English-speaking peers. Teaching negotiation skills can prepare your ESL students to express themselves. An ESL-centric negotiation seminar can equip students to make better […]
“Speak, speak, speak!” That should be the motto for any beginner language learner. While, of course, your learning goals can differ and you might want to put more emphasis on other aspects of a language, speaking is, for the majority, the most important part. And sadly, there is no way to practise speaking through improving […]
Finding conversation partners to practise your target language with can be a struggle, especially if you don’t live in a country where it’s widely spoken. But even if you do, it’s hard to find someone to talk to: native speakers are often intimidating for a beginner and language exchanges only happen every so often. Luckily […]
Anthropologists define culture as “a complex whole that includes knowledge, ideas, art, law, morals, customs, and any potential habits acquired by man as a member of a particular culture.” These are all aspects that differ from one place to another and have a strong influence on the language locally spoken. That is why it is […]
Everyone knows that the most important part of learning a new language is increasing your vocabulary. You can get by without much of grammar but you can neither speak nor understand a language if you don’t know the words. So, the most pressing point in your progress is to try and memorise as many new […]
Speaking is usually the main aim for most people learning a foreign language. But there just seems to be something frightening about opening your mouth and speaking those first words in a foreign tongue. This is why Michael B – one of our English teachers in Brussels – has agreed to give you some tips […]
Ever had a situation where someone was talking to you in Hungarian and you understood the words but didn’t quite know what they meant? They might have been using an idiom or proverb. These are terms or phrases used in certain situations that have a second, implied meaning which is usually a bit difficult to […]
As there are some similarities between English and German, it can be easy to make the rookie mistake of directly translating idiomatic expressions in the hope that they’ll make sense to your unsuspecting German friend. Some corkers that I’ve busted out in the past include “Hoch fünf!” (High five!) and “Es ist nicht vorbei bis […]
Everyone wants to sound more like a native and, if you want to fit in with native speakers, or advance your career, then doing so will definitely help you in the long run. You don’t even have to be a fluent speaker to start improving your pronunciation. But, it is important that you know the […]
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