Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

As many kids or adults out there, at some point, you found yourself thinking what does this"word" or that "sentence" means. It can be a movie, a book, a friend, an expression, something that we are missing that is not enabling us to connect and feel part of it.    Learn a new language is like a super-power, and I believe this is a unique chance for humankind to connect. Nowadays, everyone wants fast results and wants to learn fas...

In the current world of ELT, within the emerging methodologies and the incorporation of the newest technological advances it is sometimes difficult to get the best out of our students and keep their attention throughout a lesson.  However attractive the materials are and the way to deliver the content is, how much of it provides students’ engagement in the tasks we prepare? Students look for fresh ideas and a whole lot of excitement i...

Hello everyone!   As some of you already know, I've been teaching English     for a few years now, 6 and counting to be precise. I've helped various age groups: from 2-year-old babies to 60-year-old grandmas and grandpas. It's been a fun ride, that's for sure.   I love what I do. I am passionate about it and, I have to say, I've become pretty good through the years. Even though I am not a native speaker and re...

Los tiempos verbales en inglés son varios, y cada uno de ellos se usará de manera diferente, dependiendo de aquello que realmente queremos expresar.  Podemos diferenciar entre 3 tipos de acciones: ACCIONES PUNTUALES--> Por ejemplo, I bought a new car last month (Me compré un coche nuevo el mes pasado). ACCIONES EN PROGRESO--> I was having dinner at 10 pm (Estaba cenando a las 10 de la noche) HÁBITOS--> éstas son las que...

Here's some tips for learning English or any other new language: If you are totally beginner, you should learn some basics first, then you can focus on more speaking etc. You should know main things like greetings, asking questions, ordering etc. And also from begginning alphabet, subjects, main verbs to use daily life.  If you want to learn English by yourself, it is possible, believe me, I have leant it by myself. My journey was'nt li...

IELTS Speaking test consists of 3 parts and overly lasts between 11-14 minutes. In Part 1 the examiner asks some daily topic questions such as describing your occupation or talking about where you live. Here you need to answer each question with 2-4 sentences using moderate level of Grammar and Vocabulary. This part takes 5 minutes. Part 2 examiner gives you a Cue card and asks you to tell a story for about 2 minutes non-stop, you have 1 minute...

The English language is chunky!    That is to say,    words often combine with other words to make phrases  (or chunks).    For example in collocations, phrasal verbs and expressions. Collocations A collocation consists of    words that are often found together     (not just by chance). You may know some verb-noun collocations already for example: 'catch a cold'; 'ask a favou...