Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

Sophie

Silent letter's cousin : the silent syllable

The Spanish-speakers among you may have already read my article ¡Ssshhh! Las letras silenciosas en inglés. So now I'd like to look at a close relative of the silent letter, which is the silent syllable. Like the silent letter, the silent syllable al...

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Sophie

Nobody likes a copy cat! Words, set phrases and idioms with the word "cat"

Cats are one of the most searched subjects on the Internet. So, for all those feline lovers out there, I thought we'd look at all the words and expressions related to cats. Here it goes! 1. Words which include CAT Okay, so these don't really ha...

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Kelly

Puppets are Your Friend: Using puppets for Young Learners

Have a young learner that is shy? Will only use their L1? Then maybe it's time to bring in the puppets. In my first year of teaching, I was offered a class with 12 four-year-olds. Since I was a desperate and very new teacher, I immediately took the...

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Cris

English is FUN! all those phrasal verbs you have hated are actually your friends

English has become a MUST & should be FUN.   Nowadays, you are required to have communication skills in English for many purposes and it is very important to be able to enjoy any kind of learning path. If you do not enjoy the classes or fin...

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Sophie

Nemo is a "ghoti"? Stop clowning around!

My last article in English touched on some of the difficulties with spelling and pronunciation of the days of the week. Now I'd like to show you just how diverse English spelling is and how different spelling combinations can produce the same sounds...

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Tusclases

The days of the week and the Viking gods

My first article in Spanish talked about the coming of the New Year. For the first contribution in English, I'd like to talk about the days of the week. Of all the first words we learn in English, they're arguably the most difficult to spell an...

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Stephanie

A fun way to engage children; make Slime!

Last month, I tried a new experiment with my children which is very popular online nowadays, it is called “slime”. Before I took the decision to do this lesson I needed to know why everybody is obsessed with slime what it was.  WHAT...

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Adryana

8 Practical Ways to Learn All the Foreign Language Vocabulary Needed for Conversational Fluency

Did you know that 1,000 words can get you a long, long way in a foreign language? It might not seem that easy when you’re looking at the raw numbers. The Oxford English Dictionary includes more than 170,000 English word entries. The "Hanyu Da C...

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Cicely

This Los Angeleno is coming to Seville!!

Greetings, Spaniards! I am so much looking forward to arriving in Spain in two weeks - I’m initially staying in Madrid, then moving on to my new home of Seville (Macarena). I am coming because my mentor (baile) needs physical therapy (and I wi...

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Tusclases

HOW PRAISING YOUR CHILDREN IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!

L'ELOGI Els pares ens sentim orgullosos i feliços quan els nostres fills i filles demostren tenir un talent, una habilitat excepcional o treuen notes brillants a l’escola. I és clar, com a pares carinyosos, els elogiem generosame...

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Adryana

When to Use Gerunds and Infinitives: 5 Simple Rules for English Learners

What is your hobby? What do you love doing? Going to the beach? Playing video games? Hiking (walking)? singing? Dancing? Nice! These are all examples of gerunds. Now, what if I ask you what you want to do every day? Maybe you are learning ...

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Adryana

Can learning English Grammar be fun? 17 Fun and Easy Ways to Learn English for ESL Learners

17 Fun and Easy Ways to Learn English for ESL Learners Struggling with English grammar? Or are you getting tired of your textbook? The key to learning English well is to not give up. But how can you stay motivated when you’re frustrated or bored? Tr...

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Sarah

How to start talking in a foreign language?

There are 3 rules of thumb   Rule number 1: Do not translate from your own language Rule number 2: Pretend there is no other way to communicate than using the foreign language. Rule number 3 Use all non verbal communication skills to aid your l...

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Sarah

Why do we must open ourselves to learn languages?

 The fear to the unknown Learning foreign languages has been a struggle for most of the students. The reason is simple, it is generally taught from a very small perspective: that is to acquire a different language than the native one. Focusing...

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