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When we talk about English fluency, we need a consensus about what fluency English, or in any language, really means. Does fluency mean how effectively a learner’s English grammar and vocabulary [...]

Yay!  You’re home from study abroad, and are back in the warm embrace of family and childhood friends. Boo!  You’re far away from the friends you made in the US while studying English. Missing [...]

Negative sentences are those which state something that is not true. In English grammar the general rule that defines a negative sentence is that the word ‘not’ appears after an auxiliary verb in [...]

As you prepare to leave your school and city to return home, you might be scrambling for souvenir ideas – gifts that will be appreciated by friends and family. You might also want to take home [...]

Many students of English as a Second Language are focusing on learning Business English  as a part of General English studies.  This is because learning how to speak and use English will give you [...]

There are lots of lifestyle benefits to being home from ESL study abroad.  One benefit that may not come to mind immediately is that you can now have a pet.  Owning and caring for a pet has a [...]

Deciding what to do and where to go while you are a student in the USA will depend on how much time you can take out from your studies and the budget you have set aside for travel and [...]

Being an ESL student in the US exposed you to new foods and new flavors.  You even found some surprising tastes that you’ll miss, but nothing compares to your country’s home cooking. Food, [...]

Maybe you’ve seen the American TV show “Cheers”, and are familiar with how one of the characters entrances to the bar are met with everyone shouting his nickname—“Norm!”  Maybe you have a place [...]

A degree of community involvement when you are a newcomer to a place is a perfect way to familiarize yourself with your new home, to get to know local residents and to feel you’re a local.  When [...]