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HOW TO EAT THE LANGUAGE LEARNING ELEPHANT WITHOUT GETTING INDIGESTION
At 2 hours a week it will take you about 12 to 15 years to reach a high level of effective business communication, if at all (sorry about that). Do the math, each level (A1, A2, B1 etc) are estimated at around 200 to 300 hours of English. So how do you stay the course? How do you speed it up? Firstly, nothing succeeds like success, nothing motivates more than visible, tangible progress. When you see that there is some return on the time, effort and money that goes into learni
Mark J.E. Walker
7 days ago3 min read


HOW TO BE FLUENT IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
As a language teacher, fluency is my main goal for my students. Practically everything I do is designed to support this goal in some way....
Mark J.E. Walker
Sep 5, 20254 min read


DOES SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE MAKE YOU FEEL ANXIOUS?
For some people—most people, actually, the data say around 70%—speaking another language makes them feel anxious, silly and uncomfortable. I am one of those people, and also a language teacher, so I have some insights on this topic. The holy grail, from a learner's perspective, is feeling at ease when speaking to other people in another language. This post explores some of the practical things that I recommend to my students (and remind myself from time to time) to reduce thi
Mark J.E. Walker
Sep 4, 20253 min read


WHAT DO GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNERS DO?
In my experience as a teacher, for more years than I care to mention, the following are some of the key things that the good language...
Mark J.E. Walker
Sep 3, 20251 min read


3 top quality resources to improve your Business English
It's not a question of quantity but quality. 3 top resources to improve your business English.
Mark J.E. Walker
Jul 13, 20252 min read


First things first - learn to learn
Learning to learn. Wouldn't be better to teach our students the best and most recent avances in learning before starting on the material?
Mark J.E. Walker
Jul 4, 20255 min read


Language learning in a perfect world
Learning a language is easy in a perfect world! All you have to do is follow a course and you’re there! And in this perfect world you are...
Mark J.E. Walker
Jul 1, 20252 min read
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