3 Tips to Help you Enjoy English Tip 1: Get daily enjoyable input. Notice that enjoyable is emphasized. If you are going to increase your English fluency, wouldn’t it be great to have fun doing it? Be curious (eager to know or learn something). Look for materials that capture your […]
An Exciting Football Game! If I had to guess from the sounds in the distance outside, I’m betting Korea is winning against Japan in the Asian Games this evening. 🇰🇷 ⚽️ 🥅 #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/xrHlwvAAJS — English Guru (@Apoven1) September 1, 2018 The Excitement was Contagious! I’m not a big sports […]
Follow-up Questions: The Glue that Holds Conversations Together A conversation in English consists of a few basic parts. To begin a conversation you need to either make a statement or ask a question. Examples of statements: I had the worst day today. Today was a really great day. I watched […]
Practice Listening to Understand Native Speakers Do you struggle to understand native English speakers? Improving your ability to understand spoken English takes practice. As babies we spend about 2 years listening to our native language before speaking it. While we make some sounds and are often able to say about […]
How can I use Siri to learn English? Siri may not be human, but her English is quite good! If you have a Samsung phone, you can try these with Bixby too. Since I have an iPod, I have used Siri. While her conversation skills are limited, there are many […]
Situation: Two friends are talking about their English classes and studying for tests. Su Rin: How is your English class this semester? Min Hee: Great! We talk a lot in English. I think I’m going to ace the final exam. Su Rin: Really? My class is killer. The professor never […]
Meaning and Use The end is in sight means that something will soon be ending. Usually, it means something difficult will soon be over or a difficult goal will soon be accomplished. We can use it with hang in there as a form of encouragement. If something is in sight, we can see it. […]
화이팅! Hang in there! is a great translation for *some uses of Fighting! (화이팅!) In case you don’t already know this, Fighting! is Konglish. It is not used by native English speakers…unless they are super cool and learned it from a Korean! Hang in there! We say Hang in there! when we want to encourage […]
What is creativity? What are the qualities of a good parent? What are parents’ responsibilities to their children? After discussing the three questions above, divide into 5 groups. Each group is responsible for answering one of the following questions/tasks after watching the film. Give a summary of the film. What […]