Many of us grew up hearing fairy stories about kings and queens, princes and princesses, castles and palaces. Well, here in the UK, they...

Just about every single day of the year is a National Day of something - a day on which the small things, like gingerbread biscuits and...

Celebrate #StarWarsDay by learning some words from these cult-classic films that have crept into everyday use... 1) Jedi /ˈdʒɛdaɪ/ The...

In the UK, we really like talking about the weather. It's a great way to break the ice at the beginning of conversations or when there’s...

First things first: reducing your accent is often NOT the most important thing. For most students of English, clear core pronunciation,...

Why learn from a list of words when you could learn by playing games? Today is Crossword Puzzle Day, so let's see how these puzzles can...

In this blog post you will learn how to: Respond to the speaker by agreeing Continue the conversation with an opinion Move the...

Are you studying English but sometimes feel that your little grey cells are not quite up to the job? It might have been years since you...

Phrasal verbs are extremely common, especially in informal conversations and texts. So, if you want to understand what native English...

Many languages don’t even have a word or expression for the concept of "small talk" but in Britain we love it, and we do a lot of it....

As useful as classes with a professional teacher are, we all know that to really make progress we need to practice outside of class time....

There’s a disease going around language learners. It’s a serious affliction, causing sweating, racing hearts, tied tongues, and in...