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French ESL students have a leg up when it comes to learning English and proper English pronunciation, although there are some common mistakes that are made.  Many English language words are [...]

The linguistic roots of Japanese are debated to this day, some scholars say Altaic, others think it’s related to Turkish.  Wherever the truth may lie, it’s a long way from America. English isn’t [...]

It’s compulsory for Russian students to study a foreign language beginning as early as the second or fifth grade.  The language courses most often taken are, English, German, and French.  Russian [...]

Turkish is a subject + object + verb patterned language, but English is subject + verb + object patterned language.  This difference in word order is one of the biggest hurdles Turkish students [...]

The most straightforward definition of grammar is: A set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language. Oxford English Dictionary I especially like the phrase, [...]

Portuguese and English sentence structure is similar, so the ESL grammar mistakes made by Portuguese students don’t often interfere with a student’s ability to be understood when speaking [...]

Arabic is the most widely spoken of the Semitic languages.  Grammar mistakes arise for Arabic-speaking people studying English because of the vast differences between English and any of the [...]

    Verb Tenses Getting to grips with verb tenses is all about practice and repetition. In order to get a good understanding of verb tenses, our English grammar lesson on verb tenses [...]

A look at  how the  spoken internet English shows just how much the Internet has changed not only written English, but also spoken English.  The way the spoken internet English can be seen not [...]

The way sounds are organized in Korean is very different from that of English, technically this is called the “phonology” of a language.  These phonological differences affect Korean ESL [...]