Millennial language is a rich source of new words and phrases which, as fast as they are created by this generation, are then quickly adopted by the mainstream.  Millennial language is the [...]

“Omit needless words.”― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style  We have many phrases and expressions in the English language which contain needless words. What do we mean by needless words? [...]

Writing a resume is not just a well laid out and attractive looking document.  If you have all the qualifications in the world, but when you get down to writing a resume, you do not pay attention [...]

Goodbye, like hello, has many alternative words and phrases which mean the same thing.  Goodbye could be classified as formal, but it is the kind of formal that you can use in most situations, [...]

There are many ways to say hello.  Hello, used when you come into contact with somebody you know, is the most common form of greeting in the English language.  However, hello is slightly formal, [...]

Airport terms are some of the first English words and phrases you need to learn as an international student in the USA. As our TALK English Schools student prepares for his or her trip to the [...]

Style and usage in the context of the English language is an important part of learning to speak English if the English you speak is to be understood by your contemporaries.  We have entitled [...]

    Black Friday, the big shopping day after Thanksgiving, and associated with crowds of bargain hunters streaming to the malls of America, may just be seeing its last hoorah as Cyber Monday [...]

When studying English abroad, watching movies in English is a good and enjoyable way to absorb not only American or English culture, but to also pick up conversational English.  But what movies [...]

Living in a foreign country is a great way to learn the language that is spoken there, but it doesn’t guarantee that you will learn that language. To learn as much of the language as possible [...]