by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
How To Understand Native English Speakers Thanks To Connected Speech How to understand native English speakers – it can be a real headache, can’t it? One thing I’ve heard a lot in my teaching career is that English speakers eat their words and they don’t...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
Conversations – The Forgotten English Listening Practice Activity Updated November 2021. In this post I’d like you to meet my colleague Kirsty from English with Kirsty. She’s written the very first guest post for this blog. Yay! Kirsty is a fellow...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
During lockdown I ran “watch parties” for some motivated students (join my newsletter if you want to get invited to future ones). We each watched a short movie on our own device at the same time and then discussed it together on a chat app. Of course, the...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
They’re all over the internet – lists of English slang words, English phrasal verbs, idioms in English to learn about everything from automobiles to zoology. A colleague even told me about a student of hers who was making herself sick with worry and stress...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
Did you know that your English is probably rude? Now, you might be shocked by this suggestion. I’m sure you’re thinking to yourself – but I’m such a polite and respectful person! Well, what’s polite in your language might not be in...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand native speakers |
Do you dream of moving to the USA? And living the American dream? Well, in this post I’m interviewing a real life expat – my friend Inés who moved from Madrid to Austin, Texas, in January 2017. She’s a Spanish teacher at yourlifeinspain.com where she teaches...
