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 [...]

Though many Turkish students study English beginning in primary school, the language teaching methods often rely on rote memorization; students are focused on drilling grammar rules at the [...]

Vietnamese ESL students share many of the same pronunciation errors that ESL students from elsewhere do—consonant clusters, long and short vowel sounds, and swapping one consonant sound for [...]

Russian ESL students face many of the same obstacles to proper English pronunciation that students from other countries do, but there are some pronunciation mistakes more particular to Russian [...]

For Shenia Goncalves, who, with her husband, arrived in Boston a year ago, this time has been one of adaptation to a new culture that included learning a new language and quickly acquiring the [...]

Mohammad Abandah was looking for TOEFL course that would get him through the TOEFL exam, and he found it at TALK Miami Beach.  The course exceeded his expectations, as he relates here: Finding [...]

  Commonly misused words are those that have been repeated so much that  it is the incorrect interpretation of the word that becomes the ‘accepted’ meaning.  Commonly misused [...]

Our teacher profiles section this month focuses on two dedicated teachers at TALK Miami. At TALK English Schools, we believe that having that great teacher who cares about the students and is [...]

Action verbs are used to describe what you are doing, Words like pondering, shaming, fearing, considering are action verbs even though your activity is not visible. Then there are those action [...]

  English fails are very common not only in non-English speaking countries but the amount of English fails that we see on signage, posters, and even in business emails in English-Speaking [...]