It’s a language that’s not easy to learn, especially the written version. Even native speakers of English find it hard to grasp the finer points of the written language. There are rules galore, some that don’t seem to make sense at all. But that’s just on the surface; when you look deep enough, you’ll see the underlying pattern beneath all the confusion and randomness on top.

Let’s take the apostrophe for instance; its use is one of the most debated and argued in the English language. People are confused as to when it should make an appearance and when it should take a hike. The most common confusion is the one that deals with possession, or in simpler terms, the usage of the apostrophe with the word “its”. When should there be an apostrophe between the t and the s?

There’s a simple enough rule that you can follow in order to get your apostrophe in the right position – If the “s” in “its” is a shortened form for the word “is”, then the apostrophe is inserted between the “it” and the “s”. For example, instead of saying, “It is raining”, I could say, “It’s raining”. The apostrophe replaces the “i” in “is”. This rule can be extended to any other combination of words in English – “there are” becomes “there’re”, “they have” becomes “they’ve”, “cannot” becomes “can’t” and “there is” becomes “there’s”. So the next time you’re tempted to use this little punctuation mark, check to see if it’s replacing a letter or a couple of letters in the alphabet.

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Every day more than one hundred visitors enter this blog and I hope that lots of them want to learn English and practice it. I have a suggestion. If you really want to learn English and practice it with other students you are welcome to post your Skype or GoogleVideo contacts in the comments to this post so we can chat and practice English together. Do not forget to state the time when you are online and available for chat.As for me I think that it is really useful to chat online via Skype to improve your English communication skills and it’s great if you manage to find an hour everyday for online voice communication. I have been using this method to learn English for many years and now I can easily talk with foreigners and it’s not difficult for me to communicate even if I do not know special vocabulary. I am always sure that I can explain my companion what I mean.

So let’s do not waste time and help each other to learn English and improve language skills. It’s always better to do something together.

See you next week.

Lots of people love singing songs but not all of them understand that that singing can be an effective way of learning English. As for me I am a fan of singing and I use my hobby to learn the English language. Today I want to give you advice how to organize your learning process with English songs. It is not a secret that more than a half of all songs all over the world are in English and it’s really great for us as we can use them while learning English. I do not know why by it always a pleasure for me to sing songs in English and learn new words and expressions I meet there. I love watching MTV and when I find a new song I love I go to GOOGLE and enter the title of this song and singer’s name. So using GOOGLE I find the scripts for this song. Then I go to YouTUBE and find there a video clip for this song. That’s all, after that I have everything to practice this song, I listen to it and sing it. If I do not know any word meaning I can use my English dictionary and continue my English lessons.

So you can start your day with singing and you will be surprised to understand that there is no sense in lots of songs in English.

Hello, sorry for the delay with this post but because of the financial crisis I have a lot of problems with my work… In this post I present you this image with English words, you can download this file to your mobile phone and learn wherever you like it or just print it out and learn new English words at home or at work. I understand that nat all of these English words can be known for you but I hope that it will be useful.
PS I’ve lost my job and I can not find the new one because of the finacial criris. If you have any ideas about distance position via internet, contact me, please.

Hello! I continue my experiments with eslvideo site and today I present you a grammar test for beginners which was created by me. I communicate a lot with people who learn English as a foreign language and for many of them the verb “to be” is really a very difficult grammar topic. I this test I tried to give you a clear idea of the verb to be usage in Present Simple. I like eslvideo tests as you can watch an English learning video and then make this English grammar test.

Here is a agreat English video lessons website. Below you can find an example video of this site:

This site uses videos form YouTube to help you to learn English as a foreign language. In one of my articles I wrote how you can learn English using YouTube. And I also use YouTube videos in my tips how to learn English in the most effective way. So if you are looking for more video lessons you can find them on this site (find it above). I think that together we can reach the highest results and if you learn more you can speak better. See you soon and do not forget to watch free English video lessons.

Many clever students need loads of easy English input, not hard science and math. Plenty of research internationally shows that hard content subjects taught in English are NOT the best avenue for most pupils, and can even be counter-productive – best to learn these in your first home language. That ensures best cognitive development.

Too many learners here are being pushed too quickly up the “Everest” of complex academic English without really mastering the most common 1,500 words and the basic structures of English “plain talk”. Malaysians learning English, especially outside the largest urban areas, need to have loads more easy “comprehensible input” – mainly through lots and lots of voluntary lighter reading and extensive listening for fun, largely outside the classroom. This can also improve writing and speaking. There’s a lot of research to support this (see www.ijflt.com ).

“Easy” means you already know about 98% of all the words you’re reading or listening to.

One great resource for all learners is Voice of America Special English, on shortwave and now online (www.voaspecialenglish.com ), cost-free. Every day, there is 10 minutes of world news, Continue Reading →

Hello, my dear readers. I am happy that I have an opportunity to share some educational materials with you. If you are just a beginner at learning English this animated video lesson will very useful for you. Of course, it is not a full learning video to improve you language skills but it will give you some good ideas how you can learn English as a fun. So do not wait, start learning English right now.

Hello, everyone. Today I am again with you with another video lesson on English grammar. If you have started to learn English not long ago or just plan to start learning English this grammar video lesson will help you to clarify the situation with English grammar and I will a great start-up for your classes. Jennifer is well-known for her high quality video lessons on English pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. I my further post I will comment her other video lessons. And now you have time to improve your English.

I try to practice my English everyday and when I have no opportunity to communicate with native speakers via Spype – I watch educational videos for those who learn English as me. Today I present you another video devoted to English vowels. If you are a beginner in learning English it’ll be great for you to learn some basic rules about English pronunciation and English vowels. If you are not a beginner and you want to improve your language skills – this video lesson will help you improve your pronunciation!