Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

Learning a language is all about changing habits in your brain. I think that some techniques that people use like studying long vocabulary lists, memorizing phrasal verbs, even this focus on grammar, is an attempt to short circuit a process which actually takes a long time. It takes a lot of exposure, a lot of reading and listening and, eventually, speaking in order to create new habits.   I have been teaching English in Spain for 7 ye...

The most important thing when you are learning English is to remember the English words.  You can follow 2 methods.First is the repetition-based method, where you learn words by writing them several times or saying them repeatedly until you remember them all. If you patiently follow the process, you will see your vocabulary extended very well.Secondly, you also need have to have a notebook with your own note-taking rules. Each time you note...

Company language-training: How to motivate, empower and engage learners Thousands of companies across of Europe pay for their employees to improve their language (most often English-language) skills. While getting language training for free would seem like a huge source of motivation, training learners who have been forced to attend, or worse, have to attend during inconvenient times including at day-break, during their lunch-hour or at the end ...

How to Use Meet Okay, so, meet and know. These are two commonly confused words. So, to meet is to meet somebody for the first time. Somebody introduces you or you meet that person. “Nice to meet you.” MEET: Meet somebody for the first time, or in an introductions. This is one of the first things you learn in English, and to meet up with somebody, or to meet with somebody is to ge...

I was born into a German Spanish family which is why I have two native languages. I grew up in Hamburg and after that I moved to Berlin, where I studied Pedagogy, science of education. I moved to Spain in 1995 and I specialised in language teaching since then. I teach German, Spanish and English. I am a proficient user in English and in French. In English I have Mastery (Level C2) and in French effective operational proficiency (Level ...

Stan Lee, internationally known as the godfather of superheroes and creator of Marvel Comics, has died at the age of 95 in L.A. During his career, he co- created a wide variety of world-famous superheroes such as Superman, The Incredible Hulk and The Justice League. His characters attracted thousands of followers by combining superpowers with human fragility and morality. The son of two lower-class Jewish immigrants, Lee started working as an a...

Are you talking to me? I said are you talking to me? There’s no one else here, you must be talking to me? How many times have you misused these 4 words? I speak English, I talk to my friends, he told me a secret, you know what I’m saying? If you’re having difficulty with using these words, don’t worry, we’re going to resolve that for you guys right now. In this article we are going to show you common prepositions use with each of them,...

After living in Spain and teaching English for the past three years, I have seen the struggle of grasping a new language from two perspectives. I have been the teacher, slowly and patiently repeating the same basic phrases. I have also been the student, sat mute at a table, lost and frustrated at my inability to converse. With technology making the world that much smaller and global capitalism striding it's relentless path, languages are more im...

There are so many reasons for learning a second language. To mention just three of them: globalized world, business and traveling. As we know, English language is a modern and most spoken language in the world. And it opens  a world of opportunities if you just choose to learn it.We live in a fast growing world and it becomes more and more competitive so that we need to speak and learn a second language, and why not the business language? Y...

There are some many reasons for learning a second language. To mention just three of them: globalized world, business and traveling. As we know, English language is a modern and most spoken language in the world. And it opens  a world of opportunities if you just choose to learn it.We live in a fast growing world and it becomes more and more competitive so that we need to speak at  leart a second language, and why not the business lang...

How about a coffee and an English class? Sounds nice, right? Well, this is a possibility now.  With technology constantly improving we can trust the system alot more. We use an Oxinity platform similar to Skype or videoconference. These classes can be different from face-to-face classes in many ways.    Convenience  One of the biggest advantages for online classes is being able to learn in a comfortable setting in your own h...

A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves. Phrasal verbs are an important part of speech and should be used as actively as possible. Today we are going to talk about a well-known verb "to bring".   To Bring to bring about - to cause something Science has brought about m...

You might think that the photo above is just a common Art class and it has nothing to do with English. But you are totally wrong! These are my Spanish pupils posing in front of a camera after our English class. It was our first class and we really enjoyed doing these wonderful Chinese lanterns and talking in English, learnig new vocabulary (by the way, each of us knows how to explain in English step by step how to make the lantern) and...

Having been a teacher for almost 7 years I faced with different kind of students. And, to tell you the truth, lots of them really had in mind that they weren’t capable of learning English at all. As soon as they started dealing with some problems they blocked themselves and started to make excuses. Let’s see the most common excuses people use and debunk them. I will also give you some tips how to get over the different obstacles that you might f...