by Andrea Giordano | Feb 6, 2014 | Student Posts
Does Your Dog Say Ham, Gav, or Woof? Thanks to Ylvis, we know what the fox says. But what does the dog say? Depending on the language you speak, your dog could say gav (Russian), guau (Spanish), voff (Icelandic), meong (Korean), blaf (Dutch), ham (Romanian) or woof...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 3, 2014 | Student Posts
Happy Learning! If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I quite frequently sign off with the catch phrase “Happy Learning!” It’s my belief that happy, motivated learners make the best language learners. Noted...
by Andrea Giordano | Jan 23, 2014 | Student Posts
5 Simple Tense Verb “Rules” Verb tenses are confusing. It’s sometimes difficult to know when to use the simple tense, even though it’s generally the first tense that people learn. Here are 5 general rules you can follow when you think about...
by Andrea Giordano | Jan 14, 2014 | Student Posts
15 Rules For Using A Comma Commas are tricky. As an ESL teacher, I have seen commas misused in dozens of ways. So how do you use commas correctly? One simple trick I share with my students is that if they read a sentence out loud, they will hear themselves momentarily...
by Andrea Giordano | Dec 18, 2013 | Student Posts
How to Use Podcasts for English Learning We have a special post today from my new friends Lindsay and Gabby from AllEarsEnglish.com. They recorded a special podcast for the ESL Basics community to teach you how to integrate podcasts into your English language learning...
by Andrea Giordano | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog, Student Posts, Teacher Posts
When I traveled to South Africa in 2006, I flew into Cape Town and stayed there for a couple days before driving the east on the Garden Route with friends. It was a hurried, jet-lagged fog of a stop in Cape Town. Even in the fog, a few clear memories stand out. For...
by Josh | Nov 17, 2013 | Business Posts, Student Posts
Improve Your English Skills in Customer Service This post will help you if you’re trying to get a job in a call center or a job as a customer service representative, or if you already have a job in these places and want to improve your customer service skills....
