elzascottJun 102 minWant to Learn Fast?Listen to Fast Speech!Yes!! From Day 1, even as a beginner! Not just the kind of English where your teacher or app carefully articulates and isolates every...
elzascottDec 21, 20223 minThe Biggest No-no in Language LearningTRANSLATION: THE BIGGEST NO-NO IN LANGUAGE LEARNING …and my pet peeve! In fact, most – any decent - teachers’ pet peeve, and for so many...
elzascottOct 30, 20222 minCEFR - Deciphered‘CEFR’ - what? And what is ‘CEFR’ anyway? Well, it’s an acronym just like ‘UK’ or ‘BBC’, for example, and it stands for ‘Common European...
elzascottOct 22, 20222 minDrill It Into Your HeadHave you ever heard of drilling? No, not ‘heard’ but ‘heard of’ drilling! And not the type that happens in the street or at a dentist’s...
elzascottOct 11, 20223 minHow Long is a Piece of String?‘How long does it take to learn English?’ – I get asked by my students all too often, and what comes to my mind is: ‘How long is a piece...
elzascottApr 6, 20222 minLearn it Like a ChildHave you ever wondered why young children can pick up languages and us adults can’t? Why it is that when they arrive in a new country...