Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

When you a learning a new language, everybody makes mistakes at some point and they are normally the same mistakes. The fun part of learning is to make mistakes and learn from them. Missing subject: This mistake happens because in Spanish it isn't always necessary. However, in English, it is! You must specify the subect. For example: "It is very important to brush your teeth, NOT "Is very important to brush your teeth". Not using the present pe...

With such a wealth of methodologies at our finger tips, how do English teachers choose how to approach their lesson planning and activity creation to ensure the very best experience for the student during class and during the process of language acquisition?     The very basis of any approach to teaching should be the student’s goals, objectives and motivations; and the related student needs. This endeavour becomes ...

  New Year resolutions have a rather bad press. Maybe you are, just like me not long ago, one of those who every New Year's Eve think something like "this year I will definitely do this gym thing, I'll go everyday, honest!!". I think we all have excitedly and purposedly, set out, on our way to a better "us", to spectacularly fail just a few days into the brand new year. This, of course, leads to a feeling of disappointment and dissatisfacti...

En el trabajo, en la universidad, en la vida... para todo hay que escribir un correo hoy en día. Saber cómo hacerlo bien es esencial para proyectar una buena imagen personal. Si quieres bordarlo en tus e-mails, coge libreta y boli. Cómo empezar... Dear Sir/Madam To whom it may concernDear Mr/Ms Jones  Informal expressions:Hi MaryHello Mary Dear Mary Por qué estamos escribiendo este email...  I am writing to ask for …I am writing ...

El present simple se forma en afirmativa con el infinitivo, sin partícula to, para todas las personas, excepto para la tercera persona del singular, que siempre requiere una -s final: to live (vivir) I live (yo vivo) you live (tú vives) he lives (él vive) she lives (ella vive) it lives (ello vive) we live (nosotros vivimos) you live (vosotros vivís) they live (ellos viven) HOWEVER, los verbos que acaban en -o, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x añaden -es a la t...

We use the modal verb can or can't to express ability (= capacity) or inability to do something in the present. Example: I can do it. / He can't drive. / Can you swim? However, to talk about general ability or inability to do something in the past, we use the modal verb 'could' or 'couldn't'.   Example: I could swim when I was four. / My grandmother couldn't speak French. Nevertheless, for questions in the past, we prefe...

La formalidad es un punto a tener en cuenta cuando escribimos trabajos o projects en la universidad o incluso en bachillerato. En ocasiones, no contamos con las herramientas necesarias para estructurar e hilar las ideas que queremos presentar. Pues bien, hoy os traigo algunas phrases que podéis usar para mejorar vuestros trabajos y quedar como kings and queens. ¡Ahí van!: 1. Establishing why your topic (X) is important: X is the m...

Some of my students find it difficult to remember or spell certain English words.  The good news is that we can learn to use our memory constructively to improve our retention and spelling of new words.  I would like to share a simple memory improvement technique that I remember (ha ha) from my NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) class I attended back in 2013. If you're finding it difficult to remember or spell a word, for example 'Rhyt...

Taking a break from life is by no means a new concept, nevertheless, the need for it has become exponentially more important. Research has shown that, unlike past generations, our brains are constantly being bombarded with information. Instant access to new information via our cellphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs have created a new reality for us.    Next time you are walking down the street, taking the metro or bus, at a restaurant, ...

Studying a new language can be very stressful and time-consuming. And many times, we tend to study this new language in our own country of origin - therefore, not having the opportunity to practice daily with native speakers. A little about myself, I was born in Ukraine - and when I was 7 years old, my family and I packed everything up, and left our country to live in Denver Colorado USA. As a child, it was a very difficult experience for me sin...

Have you stopped and asked yourself this question? Have you thought about why you started learning English? I am guessing, like so many  people you started learning English in school. Then your parents probably felt it was important and sent you to an academy. Myabe you were lucky enough to live in an English speaking country for a while. But why is this important? I  always like to know the "why" because it helps me understand your mo...

“Teacher talk: the secrets of comprehensible speech for non-native speakers of English” is a reading published by Pearson Education and written by Pearson Longman on 2006 which gives us advice about what kind of strategies we should use in our classroom to be better communicators.   First of all, for Longman the central theme of the chapter are the skills and tricks that teachers use in their classrooms to achieve a successful communication...

Welcome everyone! I would love to introduce you to my small, teeny-tiny project. Some of you may already know me, some of you don't, so I will introduce myself in case you are new around here! My name is Gema and I am an English tutor. I have been teaching English for the past 6 years now, which has been such a rewarding experience for me that I can't help sharing it with everybody who is eager to learn more and more about the English language. ...

 Many people tend to eat at restaurants where they spend a lot of cash on fast food. There might be a reason for those who prefer industrialized food and two of those reasons could be lack of time to cook and poor commitment with oneself. To begin with, it is known that we live in a speedy world where our duties are really taking control of our lives. Thus, most of the population spend their time working so hard and commuting every day that...