Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

Julie

How I Started My Own ELT Business and How You Can Too!

  We all have fears: fears of trying something new, fear of change, fear of the unknown. If you are starting your own ELT business, hopefully I can assuage some of these fears with a few tips. I decided to develop my own business as an English...

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Stephanie

A MUST-SEE MOVIE IN YOUR HISTORY CLASSROOM

“Germinal” in an epic film based on the novel by Emily Zola. It is a detailed, sweeping tale of French coal miners and their struggle against their exploitative owners, which resulted in catastrophe and hopelessness. The story is set in France, in t...

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Stephanie

A new way to engage teens and adults; use Playdoh!

Play dough is a simple educational tool that promotes learning through hands-on playing. However, it is not very popular with teenagers and adults. In this post, I will describe five activities that you can implement with the grown-ups. Many of...

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Sophie

San Juan, Sparklers, the Summer Solstice and Stonehenge

Last Saturday marked the celebration of La Noche de San Juan, the eve of Saint John the Baptist's Day, which also coincides with the shortest night of the year. The Summer Solstice (also known as Litha in many parts of Europe) is a pa...

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Tusclases

The best verb phrases with GO for summer holidays

Ahora que estamos en época de 'summer holidays', los siguientes 'grammar reminders' o recordatorios de gramática pueden resultarnos 'highly useful':   GO + VERB-ING (for activities or sports): - This summer we will go camping/sai...

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Adryana

The importance of understanding the different types of vocabulary we have in english

As part of the learning process of becoming familiar with a language understanding the vocabulary is one of the most important points.  When I usually ask my students if they know the different types of vocabulary we have in English, they just...

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Monica

Can you live ( and love ) many lives in just one ?

Hi everybody ! My name is Monica and I am Italian ( I bet you can all guess that by my surname). Before I introduce myself properly allow me to answer the question I posed in the title. Not only do I think you can but I believe the more the better....

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Tusmedia

5 Tips for Learning a Language! Alternative methods to improve your language skills

Through teaching English and learning a new language myself, I have chosen 5 of my favourite methods for learning a language that you can apply to your own studies! I fully support textbooks and exam material but if you’re looking for something a li...

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Georgina

English Grammar for Spanish Speakers - Mid-position Adverbs

¿Qué es un mid-position adverb?  Es un adverbio que se coloca en medio en una clase. Los adverbios se pueden colocar en 3 posiciones en la clause: FRONT POSITION = Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend the meeting today. MID-POSITION =...

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Tusclases

The joy to speak a new language or being able to notice how much have you grown since the first time

Languages had been a part of my life since I remember. Just the curiosity to know what other people are saying in other tongs, even today calls my attention.     I started at university studying psychology while teachin...

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Georgina

English Grammar for Spanish speakers - BASIC STRUCTURES: THE SENTENCE

¿A quién le importa esto? No se puede comenzar a construir una casa por el tejado. Por eso, me parece buena idea incluir una serie de posts sobre las estructuras básicas del idioma y poner los cimientos para explicar de manera mucho más clara y s...

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Gabriela Renee

Prepositions IN ON AT - talking about time

We are going to talk about prepositions. When English speakers talk about time and place, there are these words that often come up: IN, ON and AT are among the prepositions that tell time and place.  In this post we are going to cover these t...

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Sunil

Become a virtuoso of the English language!

Obviously, there are many ways to learn something, including a language. I often get asked what the best way to learn a language is. My simple answer is: practice. To learn a musical instrument, hours and hours of practice are generally re...

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Tusclases

11 maneras desenfadadas de decir "I'm very tired"

Cuando los nativos conversan entre ellos, rara vez los escucharás decir “I’m very tired”. No es que esté mal ni que sea formal, es sólo que a las personas nos encanta explicar las cosas de manera más simpática y desenfadada. En castellano ocurr...

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