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5 Free English Apps for Daily Life
In an ever-modernizing world it seems that more and more people spend hours a day staring at some sort of screen, be it a computer, an iPod, a tablet, or a smart phone. Anyone who has one of these portable devices knows how useful applications (or “apps” for short) are for everything you do in…
Read MoreImprove Your English Pronunciation with Tongue Twisters (with Audio)
Tongue twisters are a great, fun way to practice your pronunciation. They can help you learn new vocabulary as well as the rhythm and flow of English (How to Learn English with Rythym and Flow). We’ve included audio of a native speaker saying each of the tongue twisters twice. Once slowly and once a little…
Read MoreFluency MC Interview (Part II): How to Use Rap Music to Learn English
This is second part of our interview with all-star teacher/ rapper, Fluency MC. In the first part (Rap Music That Teaches English), we introduced the different aspects of his international music project, his passion for teaching, and we let him tell us about his story with music and how he synthesized it with teaching. Read…
Read MoreSEX and Dating Terms (with Podcast!)
Yesterday a few of us Americans were hanging out talking with a Brazilian. We were mostly speaking in English and we had to explain some new idioms and slang to our Brazilian friend. The subject of dating came up and one of us tried to explain the expression “hook up”. Listen to the SEX and…
Read MoreFluency MC—Rap Music That Teaches English
Today we’re going to give your English fluency a SHOT IN THE ARM (some inspiration) as we’d like to introduce talented teacher extraordinaire/ rap artist, FLUENCY MC, and publish the text for the first part of our 2 part interview with him. Read part 2 of this interview | Join the RLE Community Not only…
Read MoreComo saber se você é fluente (parte II)- Tornando a fluência estável
Na primeira parte de “Como saber se você é fluente em inglês”, discutimos os diferentes níveis da fluência na língua, definindo a fluência, de forma geral, como uma maneira efetiva e natural de se comunicar, que auxilia na vida do locutor. Read this text in English | Join the RLE International Community O primeiro artigo concentrou…
Read MoreLearn English with Rap: Can I Kick It? (A Tribe Called Quest)
You can learn a lot at Real Life English We can help your accent sound American or British Or how to speak so no one can distinguish You can make your learning so fun you won’t relinquish So maybe my raps aren’t so good, but I had fun finding the rhyming words and putting them…
Read MoreBecome a Part of the Future of English Learning: the RealLife Vision
For the past year and a half, we’ve been pouring our blood [been working extremely hard and passionately] into what has grown into something we never even believed possible. It’s been an adventure creating this wonderful community, blog, and project: RealLife English, and we have you, our loyal readers and community members who have been…
Read MoreImagining The Future Of English Learning
Today we’re going to give you a test. If you pass, you get a special prize worth as much as any English learning experience you’ve ever had. We’d like to invite you on a trip through your imagination to build the most perfect English learning utopia you can imagine, the kind of place that money…
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