Advanced Grammar Topics: Agreement

A concept which occurs in most languages, if not all of them is agreement. The idea is that elements in a sentence interact with... read more

Selecting The Best Language School For Your Needs

Some people decide to work abroad, some decide to study abroad, some just... read more

Why do we need the IPA?

So I have written several activities now about the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and some of you might wonder: What is so important about the... read more

Introduction to the IPA: Effects on Sounds

 There are a lot of other symbols in the IPA.  The clicks used in some African... read more

Idioms, a Language Learner's Nightmare

Languages all have hard parts and easy parts when it comes to learning them.  Sometimes the sounds of the language are easy, and the grammar... read more

Cognates, Aren't They Wonderful?

Probably the most useful tool in a language learner's inventory is: his or her own language.  Although the amount of help that language can be... read more

Introduction to the IPA: The Consonants Not in English

 So we have seen some of the Vowels of other languages, now let's explore some of... read more

Introduction to the IPA: The Vowels Not in English

Now, We went through all the vowels in English, but what about the ones not on... read more

Where do Accents and Dialects come from?

We all know an accent when we hear it. We know that usually when the person comes from somewhere very far away if the accent... read more

Introduction to the IPA: Exercises in English

Now we have the letters of Transcription.  Remember it might not be your dialect, but it should be close enough. Let's see if you can... read more