Last week we covered two of Albrecht’s types of stress, time and situational. This week we’re looking at the final two, anticipatory and encounter stress.

Stress is something that we have all suffered from at some time in our life and a small amount of stress is good for us – it pushes us to get things done for the time they need to be … Continue reading →

Working as a student advisor for over 10 years has given me some idea of what the most common mistakes speakers of other languages make when learning English.

Okay! Did you try any of the techniques we told you about last week to get what you wanted? If you did, how well did it go?

If you really needed to persuade someone to do something for you, could you do it?

Work life can often be challenging and one of the most difficult situations is when you receive criticism from colleagues and bosses.

We all know that up to 90% of communication can be non-verbal and I’m sure you’ve all experienced this at some time or another.

So, you are learning English with us, but you want it to go a bit quicker. What can you do?

It may not seem like it, but pronunciation is very important if you want to make yourself understood. There are 26 letters in the English language, but 44 (yes 44!) sounds in Received Pronunciation (RP) to master.

Following on from last week’s blog on Proverbs, I thought I’d take a look at slang, as it’s another important part of the language used by English speakers on a daily basis.