Overcoming the language barrier.

Month August 2014

How to be better understood.

Are you worried about the way you speak? Do people have trouble understanding you? There are many reasons you might want to improve your speech. Maybe you want to land that international dream job, become a better public speaker, or… Continue Reading →

Clear Speech.

Do you have an accent? Guess what?! So do I! People seem to think that having an accent is a BAD thing, but it’s only bad if your accent is so heavy that other people can’t understand you. Everyone has… Continue Reading →

The Fear of Speaking Up.

     Many if not most students try to overcome the fear of speaking in a new language. The fear of speaking is not because of lack of vocabulary, or grammar misconceptions. The fear is nothing else but the display of our… Continue Reading →

Routine Vs Exploration

Learning a new language or keeping rust away from a language we learned during our teens while fearing its slow vanishment with the years and years of complete practice absence,  are both a matter of worry for most people. We worry… Continue Reading →

Error Correction when Speaking a New Language.

Let us talk about error correction.         I personally believe that correcting errors while speaking a new language is a big no-no. I have encountered many students asking for their mistakes to be pointed out as much… Continue Reading →

Get Rid of your Grammar Books!

          Here is yet another counter intuitive advice that I usually give, and that makes most people’s jaws drop. Do not study grammar rules. I know it might come as a surprise, or even as a… Continue Reading →

Easy Rules for Business English.

What is rule number one?  It’s quite simple: Learn phrases not just individual words! This is very important for your general English learning and for your mastery of Business English. But what’s the normal way of learning Business English, or even just… Continue Reading →

Accent reduction method

        Training your accent is a practice that many multilingual people use in order to adopt a native like pronunciation. Before we get started on that, let us make sure that we know the difference between the… Continue Reading →

To Shadow, or Not To Shadow, That is the Question-

  First of all, we need to understand what “shadowing” means to go even further into considering this method. And yes, it is a learning method that has quite a few variables. It is used in every single job/ homework/ essay…… Continue Reading →

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