English Learning: Matching Method to Mood Did your 2018 New Year’s resolutions include improving your English? How’s that going? Are you struggling to put in the hours of study you hoped you would? Try matching your method of learning to your mood – I’ve found it helps enormously! I » Read More
Six Board Games to Help You Learn English
For those of us who love playing them it is great news to hear that board games are undergoing an astonishing revival. Although still fun to play at home around a winter fire or on a rainy summer evening, board games are now available to play outside in parks » Read More
How to Write a Personal Statement
How to Write a Personal Statement The personal statement is arguably the most difficult element of completing any application. Most other elements of an application form use key questions to guide you through the required information. A blank personal statement box can be daunting but it does give » Read More
New English Words: September 2016 Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary
The English language is dynamic. This means it is always changing. Older words fall into obsolescence, for example malagrugrous which in Scotland once meant dismal, is no longer used. This is counteracted by the development, usually through popular culture, of new words. It wasn’t too long ago that our » Read More
Shakespeare’s English: Still in Use Today
You may have seen a few weeks ago that 23rd April marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. It’s an understatement to say that Shakespeare was a master of the English language, even creating countless new words and phrases to enhance the meaning in his writing, many of » Read More