Artículos escritos en nuestro blog por profesores nativos de idiomas

Y. Jade

To be or not to be...That is the question ;)

TO BE is the most important verb in English, especially for beginners. We use verb TO BE for so many different reasons. For example, we use it for name, age, nationality, emotions, professions, etc. The tricky part is, it probably is also the most i...

Leer el artículo

James

Should we use RP as a model to teach pronunciation?

How can we teach english pronunciation to the students? I think the answer to this question is somehow relative for it can neither be white nor black. If someone decides to learn a L2, English in that case, it is because they have some motives behin...

Leer el artículo

James

Which are the difficulties in learning English for the Spanish-speakers?

Some of the difficulties encountered by the Spanish-speaking English learners From the pedagogical point of view, question formation in the English language poses a great challenge to Spanish speakers. Linguistically, this could be attributed to t...

Leer el artículo

James

How to teach a language properly? My experience

Experience I was born in Kenya (1976) and then I went to Italy (2004) to study and work, and shortly after I ended up in Spain (2008), for the same reason, where I live and work till today. As a Kenyan born I am fluent in both Kiswahili and English,...

Leer el artículo

Iris

What's important the first day of class?

First of all you have to make sure to get to know your english students, their weaknesses and strenghts and if possible, to remember their names.I like to know about them,their hobbies, their expectations...so I can fullfill them all. Once this is...

Leer el artículo

Samuel

How I learnt Spanish and why you should do the same in English!

Let me start by saying that this is not the idiot's guide to language learning, but it definitely helped this idiot. I was useless at languages at school, I know this because my teachers told me and when school friends hear that I can speak Spanish...

Leer el artículo

Ali

THE NEURO-COGNITIVE METHOD: From theory to Practice

The Neuro-cognitive Method is one of my best teaching and training methods. I have researched it in my Master's thesis, honed it over the many years of teaching english experience that I have. In this article, I am going to briefly outline the neuro...

Leer el artículo

Tusmedia

Aprende todo sobre el verbo ING en inglés aquí

Saber hablar inglés es un requisito para las nuevas generaciones y no solo como una herramienta social de interacción con otras culturas, sino que también como una herramienta de trabajo, para abrir las posibilidades tanto en empresas nacionales com...

Leer el artículo

Tusmedia

Descubre el mejor diccionario para extranjeros o aprendices del español, aquí

Imaginemos el siguiente escenario: eres un/a profesionista extranjero/a en busca de nuevas y mejores oportunidades en la mismísima Ciudad de los Ángeles, y no hablamos precisamente de la ciudad hermana de Los Ángeles en Estados Unidos, sino de Puebl...

Leer el artículo

Alba

¿Son necesarias las clases de idiomas para aprender un nuevo idioma?

¿Es necesario contar con la ayuda de un profesor para aprender un idioma? Hay dos respuestas: la corta y la larga, la corta es "no, no es imprescindible", y la larga os la explico a continuación. Hoy en día, gracias a Internet y a los numerosos recu...

Leer el artículo

Victoria

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre una clase de idiomas en una academia y una clase de idiomas particular?

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre una clase de idiomas en una academia y una clase de idiomas particular? Aquí te cuento las 5 más notables:    Compañeros: la mayor diferencia entre una academia y una clase particular es que en la academ...

Leer el artículo

Kate

How Human Brains Analyze and Learn Languages

When you are born, first you do not speak to anyone. You spend a year or so just uttering separate sounds and words in imitation of the adults around. And then at some point, boom, you are communicating in sentences! Surprisingly enough, the sentenc...

Leer el artículo

Michela

Pillole di grammatica curiosa: suo oppure proprio?

Non è cosí intuitivo utilizzare proprio al posto di suo. In effetti per uno straniero,le due cose coincidono. Il fatto e’ che quando un italiano scrive una frase, spontanemente utilizza proprio al posto di suo. Ma esistono regole? Possiamo dir...

Leer el artículo

Jennifer

Teaching conditionals - Some tips for teachers

Check knowledge of irregular verbs  Your students need to know how to form past forms of irregular verbs before you can move onto the condionals.  Use Real Examples I've found that the best way of teaching grammar is giving examples, real...

Leer el artículo