An article about the origin of language, by eminent psychologist, Dr. George Boeree, introduces this vast subject very delightfully and his words are worth passing on. As Dr. Boeree states, [...]

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 [...]

Homonyms (also called homophones) are words that sound like one another but have different meanings and sometimes slightly different spellings. Some homonyms, however, are spelled the same, like [...]

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

It’s amazing to think that every single word in the English language belongs to one of just eight word groups or parts of speech. A few of these parts of speech are easy to remember – nouns, [...]

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 [...]

English isn’t an easy language to master—Japanese speakers can have an especially difficult time with pronunciation problems when learning English due to the differences between English and their [...]

Prepositions are a very important part of English sentence. A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other words in the sentence. There are about [...]

Arabic is spoken in many countries so there are a wide variety of dialects, 4 in Saudi Arabia alone—Gulf, Hijazi, Najdi, and the Standard Arabian dialect.  English pronunciation problems can vary [...]

Action verbs express an action – you can do them – while linking verbs connect the subject and the adjective and have different usage as a verb. Action verbs are used to describe what you are [...]