Tag Archives for: "vocabulary words"

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 [...]

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 [...]

How do you use between, among, and amongst correctly in English sentences? Let’s start with the definitions. There are lots of ways ‘between’ is used in the English language however when talking [...]

Commonly confused words in English come about because often they sound the same, are spelled the same or are just close enough in sound or spelling to trip you up. Homonyms—‘homo’ = same + ‘nyms’ [...]

There are many instances – in everyday conversation, in the media, overheard in public places, emails, and texts – when you ask yourself “is this a made-up word?” When [...]

There are some words in the English language that are regularly misused.  Native English speakers are probably guiltier of deploying misused words than ESL students.  As a student of the English [...]

There are many interesting English vocabulary facts. Vocabulary building is lifelong requirement not only of English language learners of ESL but also native English speakers. What makes it a [...]