Suggerimenti per imparare

For many students this is a three-headed Hydra, a monster they are terrified of.To make them able to tame such a hideous creature I made this video. Watch it and let me know what you think.It is my first attempt at video making so my apologies for the poor quality […]

A few weeks ago, on istagram ….naturally,I saw a picture of a pint of stout. In the background there were people mourning in a traditional Irish pub. The caption read:”In Ireland, after a funeral we celebrate the life of the person in the pub with drinks, stories and happy memories” […]

There is a difference between passion and obsession.When you are passionate everybody cheers you on, they are stokes for you.Oh you found your passion? Awesome?Follow your passion.Live with passion.Be passionate(Chase) Taste your passionTheir words are like: ‘’yay passion!”, right?When you are obsessed, they’re like:Why you gotta be so crazy?Why can’t […]

One of the big questions: Do I have to go and live in an English speaking country to properly learn the language? The honest answer is: preferably yes. It would be more natural, as in more spontaneous, and it would be faster. However, and here I am as honest as […]

-a name for a school- I’ve read somewhere once: “a winner is a loser that never gave up”. I kind of agree with that, in language learning , one of my favourite topics, a winner is the one who is able to succeed. I don’t really like the metaphor of […]

as you might have understood from the reverse Kiley Minogue quote, this post is about how to learn new vocabulary. …. do you remember how you learnt the vocabulary you currently know? Are you aware of how you picked it up? I KNOW I HAVE A TENDENCY TO GIVE LONG […]

I went overboard,I’ll tell you later why I used this title I now congratulate you for making an effort and being here today, well done, I am proud of you!I know how hard it is to make time.I am glad you did it so I will do my best to […]

By Jamie Hepburn UK Celebrations   As October rolls on, the UK approaches the start of its bustling, festive season. The leaves turn to orange and fall from the trees. The nights begin to draw in and it becomes harder to get up in the morning as the temperature drops and […]

By Charlotte Barrett One day, someone came up with the name writer’s block. Like it’s a disease or a compulsory rite of passage for those who dare to call themselves“writers”. It’s when inspiration is not there. When you sit in front of your laptop, open a Word page but nothing […]

By Jamie Hepburn As non-native speakers, it’s common to become so focussed on learning the technical elements of English – the grammar, the seemingly hundreds of different tenses, the structures and forms of all the various verbs & adjectives – that when it comes to applying English in a practical, […]