If you want to improve your English you need to use every opportunity to apply business writing skills when sending e-mails or casual office memos, and even when sending a text. Remember that every correspondence sent should imply a sense…
There are lots of lexical differences between British and American English. Only the other day I was confused when one of my young Japanese students told me that she ‘finished school last year’....school = college / high school / university?…
"England and America are two countries divided by a common language." --George Bernard Shaw Companies and individuals all over the world are realizing the importance of learning English. To learn English is to open up a global market and not…
The statement in the title gave us at the inspiration to set up 'The English Skype Room'. Our tutors have been teaching English and other Modern Languages for many years and the same problem came up again and again when…
Do you want to learn English? Do you want to improve your English for job prospects or promotion? Are you coming over to the UK for a business trip or holiday? Are you looking to improve your English because you…
We believe that learning English must be fun and each lesson must be worthwhile. If you enjoy something, you remember it! Make sure that the course you chose is the correct level for you and plan a programme of…
Why not try to making learning a language easier for yourself? I have always remembered how to spell the English word “because” through the simple mnemonic ‘Big elephants can always upset small elephants’ The brain needs a little help along…
‘Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.’ Chinese proverb How many times have you heard someone say ‘Oh, I can remember that day as if it were yesterday’. Why do they remember it rather than…
“I was always hopeless at Languages at school” “You could either do Languages or not” “I was never a Languages person; I was more Maths and Science” How many times have you heard people say statements like these? Examinations did…