Why are we so insistent on using video in the All English courses? When we learn a language we think we are just learning sounds, but in fact communication is so much more. Previously, I’ve discussed...

Here’s a little idea that I’m working on: A video dictionary. What do you think of the idea?

According to the authors of the New General Service List, you don’t need to know a lot of words to understand English. In conversation, we tends to use a very small set of words....

A phoneme is a distinct unit of sound. There are about 40 unique phonemes in American English, 24 consonant sounds and 16 vowel sounds. But of course, this division of sounds is not absolute....

One of the problems with learning English in the classroom is that there is seldom any context to what is taught. You are taught bits and pieces of information. You learn a lot about...

Shoulda, coulda, woulda! These are the sounds of regret. “I shoulda known he’d leave me.” “I coulda been a better father, but I always put my job first.” “I woulda done better on the...

Look at these glasses of wine from a French winery. Obviously they are all reds. Now let me ask you: Which one is really red? There are lots of shades of red, as you...

This is a review and overview of the book: How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately by Boris Shekhtman. As a teacher of Russian to diplomats and journalists, Boris Shekhtman, had to help his...

I’m dying! I’m dying! I’m dead! DyING is a process. The -ing ending indicates something continuous or progressive, that is, something that is in the process of happening (ex. I’m playing, jumping, laughing). So...