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Radio and English learning

by Mehdi Safavi | Jul 17, 2019

podcasts can improve your listening skillFor listening practice, nothing compares to English radio programs. Today, thanks to the Internet, English learners can have easy access to high quality podcasts instead of listening to the actual radio. Here are four...

9 things English learners should know about dictionaries

by Mehdi Safavi | Jul 17, 2019

Learn more about dictionariesWe all use dictionaries to look up words and understand their meanings, but there are more things to help you. Here are 9 features of dictionaries that many English learners are not familiar with. 1. Syllable This shows you how many...

English Accents

by Mehdi Safavi | Jul 17, 2019

Different English accents There are a few differences of grammar and spelling between American and British English, and rather more differences of vocabulary and idiom. Today, modern British English is heavily influenced by American English, so some contrasts are...

Did you know these words are uncountable?

by Kasra Sharifan | Jul 16, 2019

How well you know countable and uncountable words?Surprisingly, one of the most problematic areas of IELTS is the misuse of countable and uncountable nouns. Here is a little quiz for you; choose the correct alternative.1: a) I have too many works to do. b) I have too...

Why we forget words

by Mehdi Safavi | Jul 16, 2019

This is the Secondary TitleWe all forget things; there is no doubt about it. But when it comes to language learning it is quite painful to see the precious vocabulary you have learned fade over time, isn't it? To stop this, you should learn how our memory works.There...

3 places on the web for speaking practice

by Mehdi Safavi | Jul 16, 2019

The Intenet can be your oysterSpeaking is a challenging English skill mainly because you don't get the chance to practice it. You may not have English speaking friends or don't have time to attend English classes. But here's the solution! The Internet is the virtual...