Posts by Ethan

For the majority of exceptionally fluent English speakers I meet, the most fun, enriching, and effective way to learn English is through watching TV series. In fact, it’s surprisingly common to hear that people learn significantly more English from TV, movies, and videos than all traditional methods combined (For example: English courses, textbooks, and even study…

Do you love animals, but sometimes have problems remembering all their names in English? There are a ton of types of animals, some unique to specific countries, so to help you out in learning all of their names, our friends at Kaplan International have shared this amazing infographic to help you learn and memorize all…

For those of you who do not follow RealLife Radio, you might be unaware that Justin, Chad and I moved to Santiago, Chile in November (learn more about this exciting news here). A little over a year ago, I started learning Catalan while living in Barcelona. I really love this language, and in Barcelona I…

Have you ever wanted to travel or move to the United States? Where would you go? New York?  San Francisco?  Los Angeles?  Chicago? Hawaii? Or somewhere else?  Our friends at Kaplan have got a quick, awesome new quiz that will show you the PERFECT American city for you! Curious whether you’re more of a New Yorker…

This week we have got a great comic for you guys that will help explain a confusion often made even by native English speakers!  That’s right, our friends at Kaplan have another great lesson for us explaining the difference between YOU’RE and YOUR. Stay tuned, because after the comic I am going to explain some other…

Have you ever considered living and studying abroad? Are you fascinated by American culture? And how about improving your American accent? Our friends at Kaplan have a special video for us all about studying abroad in one of the biggest and most historically important U.S. cities, Philadelphia. In this video, presented by Rachel from Rachel’s English,…

This is a guest post from Jimmy Monaghan. Jimmy is an EFL teacher from Ireland. He is currently working for the Elanguest English Language School in St. Julians, Malta. (http://www.elanguest.com). He enjoys spinach, long walks on the beach and writing short biographies about himself for websites. There are a lot of different reasons to learn a language.…

Are you looking for an international career? Is the only thing stopping you from getting an amazing job in a big multinational company your lack of “business English?” Well, good news! Business English and general English is actually the SAME THING! Many people believe that business English is a super advanced way of speaking English…

A basic, yet fundamental part of learning a foreign language is knowing how to effectively purvey your ideas. To do this, especially when you are a beginner, it’s important to avoid sentence fragments.  You probably already know that to create a complete sentence you need a subject and a verb. For example: Complete Sentence – You are going to the store…

What’s one of the secrets of having native-like fluency? A broad vocabulary of course! And not just knowing fancy, formal words, but also the slang and expressions that we use in our daily lives. That said, today we are going to look at some of the most common ways to talk about bravery in English.…