So let’s talk about motivation. In my vocabulary motivation is the source of energy that keeps you going. Kind of like the fuel or battery in your car that keeps it running. Let’s face it: learning motivation can dip over time. How to define and safeguard motivation for learning English? Step 1 Ask yourself an […]

One serious constraint for adults learning a foreign language is time. If you live in a country where English is not the language spoken in the street, then your learning experience will obviously be different than if you live in an English speaking country. This is where time management comes into play. A lot of

This is something students often ask me about. “You know, I wanna be as fluent as I am in my first language now.” “… and what happens is that, you know, I can’t, because when I wanna say something in English, I first think in my first language, then I translate it.” “It sounds like,