In my Travel Thursdays series, we’ve seen loads of exciting places to study English all over the world. What about if you don’t have enough time and money to travel to another country to learn English, though? Studying English at home using the Internet is a really practical option nowadays. Some people even prefer it [...] → Continue Reading Learn English in London without leaving your own home
Last week, we looked at expressions and idioms with ‘hard’. This week, let’s look at the opposite – English expressions and idioms using ‘soft’. soft sell Meaning: to sell something in a polite, gentle manner Example: Dave’s an expert with the soft sell. He’s so charming, he can convince people to buy anything. to have [...] → Continue Reading English expressions and idioms with ‘soft’
Many people have difficulty remembering idioms in a second language. Here’s a fun way to remember idioms in English or any other language. If you are already good at using image association to remember new vocabulary, this may be similar to the techniques you use. All you need for this is a notepad and a [...] → Continue Reading A fun way to remember English idioms
Any comic book geeks out there will know the Silver Surfer as a character featured in the Fantastic Four comics. I saw it used in the news in another, interesting way this weekend in this article. The way it is used here is to talk about elderly people using the Internet. ‘Silver’ refers to the [...] → Continue Reading English vocabulary in the news: Silver surfer
It’s Friday again and that can only mean one thing – Time for a quiz! Before taking this week’s English vocabulary quiz, remember to vote for Wil’s World of Words in the Lexiophiles Top 100 Language Blogs competition if you haven’t already voted. Thanks for your votes and remember, each one counts. 34th English vocabulary [...] → Continue Reading 34th Friday vocabulary quiz
View Larger Map Portland is a city in the Northwestern United States. As cities in the US go, it’s not been that well-known in the past but recently Portland has become more and more famous as a ‘green’ environmentally-friendly city. Portlanders love cycling and if you are interested in organic food and healthy living, it [...] → Continue Reading Study English and go cycling in Portland
Some people find English expressions and idioms hard to learn. I always teach students to remember idioms as one single piece of vocabulary rather than individual words. If you find idioms hard, try using this method – it really works. The theme of our English expressions and idioms this week is ‘hard’: caught between a [...] → Continue Reading English expressions and idioms with ‘hard’
The kind people over at the Lexiophiles blog have nominated Wil’s World of Words for their Top 100 Language Blogs award. I’m really pleased about this because I am a big fan of the Lexiophiles blog so this nomination really means a lot to me. If you would like to support Wil’s World of Words, [...] → Continue Reading Vote for the World of Words