"No speaking your native language in class!" If you've ever attended an English language school, you've heard this rule. It's delivered with missionary zeal by teachers who believe that linguistic purity creates fluency. Break the rule, and you're "not trying hard enough." Use your phone to translate a difficult word, and you're "cheating." Here's the
Let me save you £3,000 and six months of frustration: That "prestigious" English school in Oxford Circus is probably the worst place to actually learn English. Every year, thousands of international students arrive at Heathrow with the same Google search history: "best English school London," "English courses near Big Ben," "study English in Central
The English language has been around for over 1,000 years, however, many forms and adaptations have been added to it. The earliest recollection of English is cited from North-West Germany. Since then, influences from languages such as French, German, and Latin have formed the language that we speak today. Additionally, understanding British English/grammar can
There are two common ways of telling the time. 1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes) 6:25 - It's six twenty-five 8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O) 9:11 - It's nine eleven 2:34 - It's two thirty-four 2) Say the minutes first
You know what look and take mean, but you are confused with the meaning of phrasal verbs of look and take. Many of TLF students shared that they experience difficulties with phrasal verbs and here is the most common phrasal verbs with the look and take. Let’s have a look and take your knowledge
As long as you open this article, you have already realised that having knowledge of English is a privilege. Sometimes it is difficult to attend English classes, the reasons can be countless: you do not have time, resources or you just realised that you want to learn a new language during a pandemic. Here
Benefits of knowing English as a second language Learning English as a second language is a significant step to open many doors. Nowadays, this skill is very valuable for people’s professional and personal development. English is the official business language. Even if it is not easy to overcome language barriers many business people had
