English language learners have to grasp the many essential idioms and their meanings that are used in everyday English. Idioms are phrases which have emerged from a specific cultural, historical [...]

While phone conversations have to a large extent been replace by communication by emails and texting which is practiced by all ages, there are still some rules when it comes to internet English.  [...]

Being away from the classroom can mean that your ESL skills aren’t getting as much of a workout as they were when you were a study abroad student in the US.  Make time to speak English after [...]

An important part of speaking any language is listening. As an ESL student to the US you were focused on learning new words, and pronouncing them correctly.  It was all about speaking.  But [...]

What’s the link between music and English vocabulary acquisition? There are many ways that you can learn English as a second language, from classroom settings, to ESL games, to watching English [...]

English grammar contains 5 vowels – a, e, i, o, and u – and long and short vowels sounds.  Actually, each vowel can have many different sounds.  Learning which vowel sound to use in English [...]

Once the basic elements of English grammar are more or less understood, the focus of the English language learner typically turns to acquiring  vocabulary words . Vocabulary is a big part of [...]

In the internet age, any attempt to learn English the way it is actually spoken includes learning vocabulary words  that have been created purely because we are in a new digitized age, where we [...]

What are prepositions in English grammar?   The word “preposition” comes from the Latin word praeponere (put before.)  Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other [...]

You might know some people who think that movies and TV shows are useless forms of entertainment. Well, if you’re an ESL student who wants to continue improving your English language skills [...]