You want to improve your language level and are looking for an Intercambio partner? Excellent! Here are a few tips that will help you to make the most out of this experience. Find someone with the same level. For example, if you are an intermediate student at B1 level of English, you want to find … Continue reading
Are you worried about your speaking exam? You don’t know how to react if your exam partner just won’t shut up and let you speak? No need to panic anymore. In this video I will teach you phrases to help you navigate through a speaking exam with success. We will practise phrases to help you: … Continue reading
You might be asked a question in a speaking exam (or even in real life!) that you just don’t know how to answer straight away. It is good to have a few phrases up your sleeve that will give you some precious thinking time. Unfortunately, just staying silent or only coming up with ‘errr …’, … Continue reading
This week’s video will focus on the sounds ‘l’ and ‘r’. These two sounds can be difficult, especially for students from Asia whose first language is Japanese, Chinese or Korean. Click on the link below and have a look at Tim’s jing video. It teaches you the difference between ‘l’ and ‘r’. At the end … Continue reading
Our first post in March is a pronunciation practice for words with a final ‘s’. For example, ‘buses’, ‘languages’, ‘changes’, ‘it’s’ and ‘George’s’. Click on the link below. Watch the jing video. Can you hear the difference? Now, practise your own pronunciation. Link to jing video. * This video uses flash and does not work … Continue reading
After a rather extended Christmas break we are back with our first blog post in 2013! I have to apologise for our long absence. I had a lovely Christmas break with my family in Germany while Tim was exploring the beautiful scenery of Chiang Mai in Thailand. Now, we’re back at work! Our first post … Continue reading
This video will teach you a general pronunciation rule for short words (with one syllable) with a final silent ‘e’. Watch the video and do the short exercise. Many English words follow this rule but please remember, as with most rules, there are exceptions! Can you think of any?
This video is an exercise to practise long and short vowel sounds. This time, my students will teach you for a change! First, listen and repeat the sounds, then try the exercise. You have to read a word and decide if the vowel sound is long or short. It works best if you say the … Continue reading
I hope you had a nice little Easter break? It’s back to work for me tomorrow and time to post a new teaching video. This time we will have a look at word stress, a really important part of pronunciation. First you will learn to find the number of syllables in a word and then … Continue reading
This video teaches you the remaining 8 consonant sounds of the English language. You will learn the following sounds: /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/, /r/, /w/, /j/ and /h/. Remember to watch Part 1 as well. This is the first video which will teach you all other consonant sounds. You can find it on this blog … Continue reading