Dating Vocabulary and Expressions Learning vocabulary in context increases your ability to remember words. Learning words in context will help you remember them better than memorizing random lists of words. Those lists of TOEIC words might help you ace the test, but they won’t become part of your working vocabulary (words […]
Learning English expressions is a great way to increase your vocabulary. If you want to speak English like a native speaker or understand native spoken English, there are many common expressions and idioms that you can learn. Here are several timeless expressions from this week on Twitter. If you haven’t […]
Food: It’s Delicious! People love eating. Food is a part of everyone’s life. We eat to survive and give our bodies the energy it needs. We eat to socialize and to celebrate, and we eat for the pure pleasure of it. Many people love talking about food, taking pictures of […]
Sentence Frames to Create Follow-up Questions In How to Ask Interesting Questions, I explained 3 types of questions you can use to begin a conversation. Now, let’s look at 5 ways to ask more interesting follow-up questions. Combined with SSNQs (Short Simple Natural Questions), these will add to your ability to engage […]
Moving Beyond the Basics When your English reaches a certain level (If you can read and understanding this sentence, you are at the right level!), you can begin to improve your conversation skills by learning how to ask more interesting questions. Interesting questions are thought-provoking questions that make people think. […]
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 […]
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 […]