Do you really want to immerse yourself in a foreign language but travelling and being ‘location-independent’ isn’t a viable option for you right now? A lot of people who check out language learning b

Top 10 ways to learn languages for free online In the real world, it’s not easy to find time to study another language. With your job, family, friends and other commitments, finding time to attend a

Learn a new language by watching TV? It seems a little too easy, but researchers are now saying there’s evidence that watching TV is a great way to learn languages. While most people will remember

New ideas for getting the hang of conjugating Spanish verbs Without a doubt, one of the hardest things about learning the Spanish language is understanding how to conjugate verbs correctly.   Many

As an English teacher who gives lessons to adult ESL students, I find myself constantly looking for new ways to make the same lesson interesting and memorable. Due to the fact that I mostly teach pr

  I came across a quote posted by @CoachCoreyWayne on Twitter. The quote is by the German literary great Johann Von Goethe and says, "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; w

We’ve been promising our friends at The Everyday Language Learner that we would review their Guide to Self-Assessment for a while now, so it’s about time we did. If you haven’t checked out the site, h

Many students of English do not have access to teachers. Once I was doing research with my class whereby they had to fill in a small daily diary. One day they were asked "What new English did you lear

Many people have heard a friend, family member or maybe just someone in a bar or café speaking another language and thought to themselves, “That’s cool, I must take classes one of these days.” Well

One of the great challenges for language learners is getting started.  Perhaps a greater challenge however is to keep going.  Too often we run out of steam or energy or motivation or whatever you want