Top 10 Books on the English Language Need to buy a book about the English language but don’t know which one to buy or which review to trust? This is my list of the top ten books on the English language. I have most of them on my book shelf » Read More
Over the past few months at English Trackers we’ve been fascinated by the US Election race and astonished by Donald Trump’s rising support. We thought we’d take a closer look at some of his speeches to try to understand why his use of language seems to be striking » Read More
Seven Ways to Build Your English Practice – but how much? Anywhere from between 20 hours to 10,000 hours – according to academics or entrepreneurs – depending on which group of experts you wish to believe. If you haven’t read Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, which explains the 10,000-hour rule » Read More
Two glorious weeks of the Bookworm Literary Festival have come to a close. I’m a little sad. Held in the Beijing Bookworm’s main room – maximum seating one hundred – this is an ‘intimate’ festival. The authors step off the page right into our local bookshop. What a » Read More
How big is your goal? What’s your timespan? Who’s keeping you accountable? You’re wondering which goal I’m referring to, aren’t you? Well… that of learning a new language, of course! As the founder of an English editing company, I get asked the same question repeatedly: “How can I improve » Read More
Do you re-read your business emails? Do you get a colleague to run through a draft report you’ve written? As the CEO of a professional English editing company, I’ve built my business on the premise that what we write has a huge impact on our personal » Read More