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Use Parallelism in Academic Writing

25 March 2014 by Marc

In academic writing, there is a tendency for students to write what comes straight out of their head without pausing to think about grammar. While this is fine when one is writing against the clock, it is good practice to use parallelism, or parallel construction, not only at the whole text level (introduction, supporting arguments, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Writing Tagged: academic, academicwriting, EAP, GMAT, parallelism, writing

Stop to Think About Whether You Need to Stop Thinking

24 March 2014 by Marc

How to use ‘stop’ with another verb is difficult to remember for some students but there is an easy way to remember how to use it correctly. Stop + infinitive Using ‘stop’ with the infinitive (i.e. ‘stop to…’) means pausing because there is another different action that the person or thing does. I had to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar Tagged: gerund, infinitive, stop, verbs

FREE Google Hangout Lesson – Limited to 5 People

23 March 2014 by Marc

Some of you may be wondering if you can take a free Google Hangout lesson with me to try things out. Well, on Sunday, 30th March you can. All times Japan Standard Time (GMT + 9:00). Each hangout is limited to 5 people. You can only take one of these hangout lessons. To book, email … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: advanced, beginner, demo lesson, elementary, free, googlehangout, intermediate, lesson

Should You Pay To Study?

21 March 2014 by Marc

Should you pay to study? Some students do very well with free study material while others like to have a lot of textbooks. It can be quite expensive to buy a lot of textbooks but there are also advantages. I am going to talk about the pros and cons of studying using free material and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: materials, motivation, study

Ask People to Repeat Themselves

20 March 2014 by Marc

Last week I showed you how to interrupt politely in a conversation. Now I am going to show you how to ask people to repeat themselves. A lot of students feel embarrassed by this but it is important for conversations between natives, natives and non-natives and also conversations between non-natives only speaking English. People often … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Situation, Speaking Tagged: conversation, repeat, repetition, strategy

Podcast – Complimenting

19 March 2014 by Marc

This week’s podcast, for all of you beautiful people out there, is here. 20140319 Complimenting The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here.

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Posted in: Podcast Tagged: complimenting

Sing to Improve Fluency

18 March 2014 by Marc

In my old job I taught part of a weekend intensive English course. It was tough for a lot of the students, who had really high goals but they improved their English a lot over the course. Every one of the students liked English. At the end of term we had a karaoke party in … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: fluency, karaoke, sing

Did you use to do it, or are you used to it?

17 March 2014 by Marc

‘Used to’ is quite easy to make mistakes with. There are two completely different meanings for this phrase. used to: This is used when an action occurred often in the past but does not occur now. I used to drink and smoke but I have a healthy lifestyle now. In questions, it changes to ‘use … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar Tagged: be used to, used to

Easy Ways to Use English Every Day

14 March 2014 by Marc

“I want to use English,” my students say, “but I don’t have anyone to talk to apart from you.” “What about writing a diary?” I suggest. “I never keep to it. I always abandon it after a week or so.” In which case, here are some other suggestions. The first one is from my student … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Output, Writing Tagged: habit, motivation, practice, study

Don’t Think

13 March 2014 by Marc

In English, when you are not 100% sure of something, use ‘I don’t think’ rather than ‘I think ~ isn’t’. Wrong I think it won’t rain. I think he is not my type. I think that when I get home my mother won’t be at home. I think they can’t handle it. Correct I don’t … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grammar Tagged: commonerrors, negative, think
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