Learning English Tips

What does it mean to be fluent in English? How do you know if YOU can speak English fluently? First of all, English fluency isn’t an exact or precise thing. But there are ways to decide if you are more, or less fluent. Here are seven things that you can do when you are fluent.… Read More

To speak English fluently, you first need the confidence to speak. If you aren’t confident, it’s more difficult to speak regularly or try new words and phrases. (These are really important if you want to make progress in your English speaking!) The way to become more confident is to change your mindset (= beliefs). Here

There are some simple ways that you can add interest and impact to your English. I call these “easy but elegant” because you don’t need to learn a lot of complicated English to use the tips. Here are three ways to sound advanced (without the hours of study!) Add ‘drama’ to your voice We focus

Being an advanced English speaker doesn’t mean you always need to use advanced level grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation. In fact, some of the things that make you an advanced speaker are “simple, but genius”. They’re so simple that you wonder why you never did them before! Here are three of them. Repeating words You can

One of the easiest ways to become an advanced English speaker is to copy what other people do. For example, you should copy (and use) collocations and standard phrases, as these will help you speak English more fluently and more automatically. But there are other things that you can copy which will make you feel

What do you need to be an advanced English speaker? I asked my Twitter followers in a quick poll, and their answers were interesting. Being an advanced English speaker is MUCH MORE than just knowing the right phrases! Here are the five things that you need. Conversation Skills How do you even start a conversation

Often, it’s more difficult to speak in a group of people who also speak English as a foreign language, than it is to speak in a group of native English speakers. Why is this? Perhaps because it’s more difficult to understand different accents, or perhaps because some people feel less confident about their English. However,

The Covid pandemic has changed everything. We’ve needed to change how we work, how we study, and how we communicate with other people. The ways that we learn English have also changed. Here are some of the ways that Covid affected English learning – and some new habits which can help us now. What Covid

Do you have a goal for your English this year? Is there anything that you want to achieve (like passing an exam) or is your goal just to move up a level? Here are three English goals – and some ways that you can achieve them. To move up a level Moving up a level

When you look at your English “journey”, can you see the progress you have made? It can be quite difficult to see your improvements in English, so here is a 5-question ‘Success Sheet’. Your answers to these questions can show you that you’re doing really well with your English, and that you’ve had a great