Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

Jess

The New Age Education: horizontal teaching

Teachers have traditionally deemed to be authority figures. This conception of educators has caused a sense of awe and reverence on the part of the students. The teacher is the one who harbors the truth; it is the person who knows everything. In thi...

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Michael

Confusing irregular plural forms in English

It may sound basic, but many people struggle with irregular plural forms in English even when they have reached a high level of fluency. After all, you normally add an “s” at the end of a word and, magically, you have a plural form. That’s true with...

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Michael

How to answer hard questions in job interviews

The typical questions you find very hard in a job interview are about your strengths and weaknesses. Your strengths may be easier to explain, but your weaknesses? Why would you tell a prospective employer about your bad points? The answer is that yo...

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Bethan

My name is Bethan, but you can call me Brian...2.0

After I graduated from my undergraduate degree, I was faced with the same decision as every other graduate... What on earth do I do next? My undergraduate degree was not exactly career focussed, so on the one hand I had a world of opportunities ahea...

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Katy

Making the Most out of One-To-One Learning

As adults, finding time to educate ourselves is often difficult. Even after finding the class, the teacher, setting aside time to study and complete assignments, it can often feel as though we’re wasting time in class. Here are a few ways you can ma...

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Katy

Reading to Increase Vocabulary and Comprehension

Reading is a crucial skill when becoming fluent in any language. It is one of the best ways to increase your vocabulary, while strengthening your ability to recognize and use proper grammar. Here are a few tips and tricks on how to become a better r...

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Katy

Practicing Listening Skills to Improve Understanding

Practicing listening skills is key to becoming fluent in any language, as it is required to understand the spoken language. Often students of English who are not surrounded by that language find it extremely difficult to understand spoken English, p...

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Blanka

Overcoming cultural differences in the classroom - UK vs Spain

No two countries are the same. No society behaves exactly the same as another. And that is the beauty of the world; its diversity, differences, individuality.   All those things mean well. However, one might feel uneasy when put into a...

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Blanka

I changed my lessons to Podcasts - and my students loved it!

COVID-19 happened... then schools closed and teaching had to move onto online platforms. I had to adapt my teaching and the way that I presented tasks to my students.   I thought to myself, ok, it’s time to make PowerPoints&nb...

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Blanka

Keeping ourselves happy and busy during boredom

Boredom is natural. Boredom is healthy. In fact, when we are bored, our brain is forced to start thinking for itself, instead of constantly being exposed to all the information that we get through TV screens, our phones etc.   Some of m...

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Blanka

Do you learn more English by doing classes online?

COVID-19 has changed education forever. We know that now. Technology is also taking over our way of teaching, but it's not a particularly bad thing. There has been a widely discussed debate, for a really long time, around the use of modern technolo...

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Brian

Learning English through Song - 'Advise to take up caution when learning from them.' Pros and Pitfal

As teachers, we encourage delving into all kinds of media for language learning, and with continuous advances in online technology this can be facilitated like never before. However, tread with caution! For both teacher and student, a song’s lyric...

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Valeria

Mi increíble experiencia como profesora de inglés.

Hola,  Mi nombre es Valeria Gallo, y soy profesora de inglés. Hace un par de meses que me dedico a dar clases a estudiantes que buscan mejorar su fluidez y habilidades de conversación y ha sido verdaderamente una experiencia maravillosa. He pod...

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Adryana

Is Grammar Boring? or Have you Ever Had a Good Teacher?

As you come from boring English classes where everything is about grammar, grammar and more grammar; no practical English at all has been the main problem for people to think that learning grammatical rules is not worth or interesting.  However...

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