Vocabulary- how to learn new words
Always learn new vocabulary in a relevant context I strongly believe that the best way is by learning words in a context. If you simply learn words by reading a vocabulary list, you will probably forget most of them in the following three days. Instead, I suggest you learn new vocabulary through reading and translation of texts and articles or, if possible, through listening to native speakers and asking them for an explanation or a translation. Learn it using Post-Its This method works mostly for learning vocabulary of the concrete things and items you can see around...
Read MoreWhy English students struggle to learn foreign languages
I have been teaching foreign languages to different people in different European countries but there is something very particular about British students. Language students in this country unfortunately struggle immensely to learn foreign languages. Why is this? Lack of motivation? English is too easy compared to other languages? No. There is one and only reason for this and it is appalling; The average student who comes to me to learn Spanish, Italian, Greek, Czech or Slovak has absolutely no idea what a language is about, has never heard of basic universal grammar rules and terms such as...
Read MoreCypriot Dialect
Cypriot Dialect- by Asimenia Loulaki, LLS tutor The Greek language had always had its dialects and I understand that people can get confused as to which one to learn – Greek or Greek Cypriot. But of course the language is one, that of Modern Greek. There would be, or should be, no course books or lessons tailored for Cypriot dialect only, simply because dialects are just regional speech patterns. The lessons are based on the standard Greek grammar. As a linguist and Greek language tutor, with no specific research on the Cypriot dialect, I would say that there are a lot of differences...
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