Categoría: Tips / English Idioms

Tips — Help for learning English Week 7. Tip 7 — Keep a small notebook… write down important phrases. Write down the entire phrases that you hear. When you look back at the notebook later you will have the whole phrase; instead of one word alone, with no example. By writing down the entire phrase your mind remembers it like… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Week 6 — Tip 6 Keep Trying. Don’t Give Up. Professional athletes practice a lot. They weren’t born professional athletes. A ton of hard work and hours went into being so good at what they do. They could never be a professional soccer or baseball player without trying. If a professional athlete stopped practicing… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Week 5 Tip 5 Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Fear can stop you from learning English. • Do you go to English class and think that everyone is going to make fun of you or laugh at you if you try to speak English? • Do you know all the grammar rules but… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Week 4 — Tip 4 4. Train your ears to understand. You need to focus and listen. Train you ears to listen for words they (YOU) know in English. Listen for patterns. Don’t focus on grammar or single words. Focus on the phrases. Listen to English movies, music, and TV. Listen to the way… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Week 3 — Tip 3 3. Stop translating everything word for word to your language. Translating everything to your native language is a big NO NO when learning English! If you are doing it, STOP right now! Translating everything is slowing down your progress. If you hear something in English and instantly try to… Leer más →

I am late publishing todays entrance so I would say “Better late than never“ Better late than never. Prov. Cliché — Doing something late is better than not doing it. Example: I’m sorry I’m late to the party. Better late than never, right? Jill: Lisa’s birthday was two weeks ago. Should I send her a card now?  Jane: Better late… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Week 2 – Tip 2 2. Don’t apologize for not knowing everything or “Not speaking English!” You are learning English… You are trying, right? That’s what’s important. You don’t say “I don’t know how to cook that.” and stop cooking new things or “I don’t now how to use a computer.” and stop using… Leer más →

Tips to help you learn English Over the next weeks I will be giving you some tips to help you learn English faster. Week 1 – Tip 1: 1. Take a deep breath and SPEAK! I know it easy to say but it is actually the best way! The more you think about speaking, the more nervous you will get.… Leer más →

Call it a day Call it a day can be used to say that a day’s work has been completed, to stop doing something, especially working or to stop some activity. Examples: I‘m tired. Let’s call it a day. The boss was mad because Tom called it a day at noon and went home. After playing together for 20 years… Leer más →

Love music? Try figuring out the words/lyrics of your favorite songs Watch video clips with lyrics on YouTube and sing along. Read the translation and build up your vocabulary. Sign up to lyrics training, a fun website where you not only listen to your favorite songs but have to fill in the blanks to keep the song going. There are… Leer más →