Artículos escritos por profesores particulares de Inglés nativos

Stan Lee, internationally known as the godfather of superheroes and creator of Marvel Comics, has died at the age of 95 in L.A. During his career, he co- created a wide variety of world-famous superheroes such as Superman, The Incredible Hulk and The Justice League. His characters attracted thousands of followers by combining superpowers with human fragility and morality. The son of two lower-class Jewish immigrants, Lee started working as an a...

After living in Spain and teaching English for the past three years, I have seen the struggle of grasping a new language from two perspectives. I have been the teacher, slowly and patiently repeating the same basic phrases. I have also been the student, sat mute at a table, lost and frustrated at my inability to converse. With technology making the world that much smaller and global capitalism striding it's relentless path, languages are more im...

How about a coffee and an English class? Sounds nice, right? Well, this is a possibility now.  With technology constantly improving we can trust the system alot more. We use an Oxinity platform similar to Skype or videoconference. These classes can be different from face-to-face classes in many ways.    Convenience  One of the biggest advantages for online classes is being able to learn in a comfortable setting in your own h...

A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves. Phrasal verbs are an important part of speech and should be used as actively as possible. Today we are going to talk about a well-known verb "to bring".   To Bring to bring about - to cause something Science has brought about m...

You might think that the photo above is just a common Art class and it has nothing to do with English. But you are totally wrong! These are my Spanish pupils posing in front of a camera after our English class. It was our first class and we really enjoyed doing these wonderful Chinese lanterns and talking in English, learnig new vocabulary (by the way, each of us knows how to explain in English step by step how to make the lantern) and...

Having been a teacher for almost 7 years I faced with different kind of students. And, to tell you the truth, lots of them really had in mind that they weren’t capable of learning English at all. As soon as they started dealing with some problems they blocked themselves and started to make excuses. Let’s see the most common excuses people use and debunk them. I will also give you some tips how to get over the different obstacles that you might f...

     Living in the modern digital world we constatly use social network almost every day.🙇 Want it or not throughout the time for simplicity, quickness and convenience we start employing acronyms. And now let’s imagine that you are chatting in English...Are you sure that you will get all what the native speaker writes you? And are you sure that you know how exactly put in place the textese ?        So in ...

I’ve always been learning English continuously, since I was six years old. I’ve never thought I would start learning a language other than English and Persian (my mother tongue), until I reached 17. I started learning Spanish at this age. However, it was not my last attempt for learning a new language. When I was seventeen, I decided to migrate to Spain, a country which my father knew well because of his business. That’s why I started learning S...

If Versus Whether     Although in informal writing and speech the two words are often used interchangeably, in formal writing, such as in technical writing at work, it's a good idea to make a distinction between them because the meaning can sometimes be different depending on which word you use. The formal rule is to use if when you have a conditional sentence and whether when you are showing that two alternatives are possible. Som...

ON TIME vs. IN TIME: What’s the DIFFERENCE between English prepositions? Telling time is one of the most important lessons you will need to learn in English. What’s the difference between “on time” and “in time,” two very common (and easily confused) prepositional phrases? Prepositions can be such a challenging topic when you start studying English. Check out Gabby’s lesson below to find out! PREPOSITIONS & TIME Being able to speak correct...

Hi buddies!! (buddy=colega). How is it going your summer holidays? Mine are going amazing, I am taking a lot of rest (take rest=descansar), and I am reloaded (recargada de energía), to begin a new course with you. I have being thinking about my way to teach english, and I really want to help people who (relative clause for people) want to improve their skills. I only ask for the commitment (compromiso, responsabilidad) o...

“Germinal” in an epic film based on the novel by Emily Zola. It is a detailed, sweeping tale of French coal miners and their struggle against their exploitative owners, which resulted in catastrophe and hopelessness. The story is set in France, in the late 19th century. Emilie Zola, a French writer, decides to travel to a poor district of the country to observe the miner´s working conditions. On this trip, he details the experience that these br...

Play dough is a simple educational tool that promotes learning through hands-on playing. However, it is not very popular with teenagers and adults. In this post, I will describe five activities that you can implement with the grown-ups. Many of these tasks were originally used in Language or Arts classes, but you can definitely adapt them in any subject classroom with reading assignments or vocabulary that needs to be learnt. Playdoh Vocabu...

Last Saturday marked the celebration of La Noche de San Juan, the eve of Saint John the Baptist's Day, which also coincides with the shortest night of the year. The Summer Solstice (also known as Litha in many parts of Europe) is a pagan festival that celebrates the longest day of the year. Here in Spain, the Christian festival Saint John's Day and the Pagan Litha are combined to form the festivity La Noch...