Improve Your Listening and Speaking Skills
As an English learner, you want to improve your listening and speaking skills. You’re in the right place! Listening skills are important for comprehension and speaking skills help you …
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9 Kinds of Humor Explained in English
An important part of fluency is being able to read different kinds of humor. Today we are going to look at nine different kinds of humor explained in English. …
😮 The Secret to Improve Your Pronunciation: Schwa 👉 /ə/
Did you know that the most common vowel sound isn’t A, E, I, O, or U? It’s a sound called schwa, and any vowel can sound like it! In …
How to Speak English Fluently
Have you spent hours in the classroom learning English, but you still feel frustrated at how little you remember? Are you still confused when you hear English spoken at …
The Ultimate Guide to Fluency in English Conversation
Are you just starting out on your goal to English fluency? Before traveling to a new country, many people buy guidebooks to help them get the most out of …
How to Answer the Question “How Have You Been?” in Fluent English
How have you been? “How have you been?” is a common question from native English speakers. It’s asking what you have been up to and how life has been …
How to Pronounce “TH” Properly in English
Do you want to be able to pronounce the English Th sound clearly? It is completely normal as an English learner to struggle with the Th sound. There are …
5 Connected Speech Secrets for Fast, Native English Pronunciation
What is Connected Speech? Learn how connected speech will help you to speak English faster, more fluently, and much more like a native speaker. Unfortunately, many language learners don’t …
Using Could, Should and Would Have Been – Past Conditional English Grammar Lesson
How to Use the Past Conditional In this quick English lesson about the past conditional tense, I talk about the differences between “Would have been”, “Could have been”, and …
Exactly how to pronounce R and L – American English pronunciation lesson
The letters R and L can be very difficult for some English learners to pronounce. It is very important to focus on your R and L pronunciation, because mispronouncing …
Never Say This to Your English Teacher
OK, we understand. Learning English can be fun, but it can also be a challenge for most people. There’s a lot to learn and remember, and there’s a lot …
Native English Answer: What’s the Difference Between Being and Been?
Are you being faithful and persistent in your English-learning journey? Have you been pushing yourself to listen and hear as much spoken English as you possibly can? Learning …
Learn English like a Native – How to respond to “Guess what?”
Guess what? This is your lucky day. In this English tip Gabby explains how to handle a conversation when somebody says, “Guess what?” This is one of those …
Natural: How to Say T in English Pronunciation like a Native Speaker
As you have probably discovered, unlike many languages where the letters or sounds are pronounced as they are written, English is not like that. So often, English letters, …
How to Make the Flapped T Sound like an American Native English Speaker
Have you figured out yet that American English is a language full of unusual sounds and spelling? Well, in this English tip, Gabby talks about the Flapped …