I remember seeing a post on social media which asked ‘Which is most important, vocabulary or grammar?’If you want to communicate well in any language it’s difficult to have one…

I think that everybody, at some time or other, has problems with pronunciation. I believe this is because we spend our whole lives speaking our native languages and then, when…

I am often asked how long it takes to learn a language, especially English. The answer ranges from ‘all your life’ to ‘just a few moments’. To learn a whole…

I recently had someone tell me that their problem with learning English was ‘time’. Not having enough time is often given as a reason for not doing things, not just…

There is a growing debate across Europe about the usefulness of changing the time, adjusting the clocks by one hour, twice a year. At this time of year, we move…

You have a meeting with a client from another country and you don’t speak each other's languages so you’ll both use English as a common, shared language, although neither of…

Keeping records probably isn’t a new concept for you. You probably have files on your computer which have a record of correspondence with suppliers, clients, contacts, prospects, etc. You can…

I was recently asked a question which should have been rhetorical but it wasn’t. ‘Have I improved?’We stopped training in April and it’s now the middle of August. There’s been…

If you want to improve your English then I have one main suggestion for you. You should think about the next conversation that you want to have, the next email…