When we say a person is a fluent speaker, we usually mean that the person understands and speaks the language easily, and uses it with correct grammar. As fluent speakers, we are able to express ourselves without spending too much time thinking about the right words or grammar structures to use when speaking. It also includes the ability to […]

Business meetings, functional language. Boring? It doesn’t have to be. Agreeing, disagreeing, giving opinion, clarifying, interrupting etc. are typical communication functions in meetings. It may be less attractive to have to learn functional language than other conversational expressions used when chatting about sports, travelling or movies. Take for instance learning expressions for chairing a meeting,

Long words. Confused how to pronounce them? No worries. Long words are simply made up of more small bits than shorter words. That’s it. 👇 1-Minute Tip ⏳ Of all the bits (syllables), there is always ONE which is louder than the rest. Take for instance “availability” in “What’s your availability for next week?” Let’s

We use could have, should have etc to talk about things that were possible in the past, but finally didn’t happen. We call these perfect modals (modal verb + have). Many times students say these perfect modals as two separate words. It seems they are afraid that using the contracted form it won’t be clear that they are