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There are two phrases I hear many students say: "My English is terrible." "Sorry for my BAD English." Have you ever said these things? Be careful, because these two phrases are dangerous to your English learning! Listen to today's lesson to find out why you SHOULDN'T say these phrases... and what you SHOULD say instead. I want to see you both succeed in learning English AND enjoy the process of learning! Another thing that can help you improve your skills and feel confident about your progress is joining a course at Espresso English. The lessons inside our courses are organized and teach you step by step to help you make real progress. Thanks for watching, and remember – your English is not "bad." It's simply a work in progress, and that progress should be celebrated :-)
Today you'll learn some common English words that are often misused because they are so similar. The only difference between them is a space, or one letter. The context of the sentences will help you understand how to know whether to use one word or two.
Already vs. all ready
Sometime vs. some time
Anyway vs. any way
Everyday vs. every day
Everyone vs. every one
Apart vs. a part
Altogether vs. All together
Learn more inside the 600+ Confusing English Words Explained E-Book!
During this month of December, we have some holidays… and during holidays, many people give gifts to each other. So I thought it would be a good time to learn 25 collocations with GIVE! We're going to start with some simpler ones and then learn some more that might not be so obvious, or might not mean what you think.
Studying collocations is wonderful for learning how to put words together naturally.
You can learn collocations fast inside my e-book, 1000 collocations in 10 minutes a day. Each lesson is full of useful expressions, and it's really quick to read the lesson and then take the quiz to practice.
I hope you've enjoyed this lesson full of expressions with "give," and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year!
Native English speakers use a lot of informal expressions in day-to-day life! Lately, I've been paying attention to my own conversations – and today I'll teach you 10 English expressions I've used in recent situations.
It's much easier to learn and remember phrases when you can see them in context. But if you don't live in an English-speaking country, where can you find conversations to learn from? You can listen to podcasts and interviews, but they don't explain the expressions you might not know. In my Everyday English Speaking Course, you'll listen to short conversations and then learn the phrases frequently used by native speakers!
Today I'm going to give you some tips for pronouncing "world" - a lot of students find this very difficult. We'll also practice work and word, since these are two more that English learners have a hard time pronouncing clearly and correctly.
Remember, you CAN master these difficult words with practice! If you want to be fluent in English, your pronunciation doesn't have to be "perfect" (there's really no such thing as perfect pronunciation) - but it does need to be CLEAR so that other people can understand you. I can help you get that nice, clear, confident pronunciation in my Pronunciation & Shadowing Courses. The lessons inside will help you practice and improve fast.
This week is the holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States... so in today's lesson, you'll learn useful expressions with the word THANK or THANKS :-) I'll also teach you about a couple common mistake - make sure to watch the whole video so you can avoid the errors.
If you want to improve your spoken English by learning more REAL phrases that native English speakers use - then join my Everyday English Speaking courses! You'll learn exactly what to say in everyday situations, social situations, and more. The Everyday English Speaking Courses are based on conversations so you can learn the expressions in context. These are our most popular courses!A student asked about the following four phrasal verbs:
She asked, "Are they all the same? Are they all appropriate to use?"
Good questions – I'm going to explain them in today's lesson!
Piss off, tick off, flip out, freak out
Can you see how it's essential to learn phrasal verbs like these in context, with examples? And it's also very important to put them into practice yourself.
You can learn 500 more phrasal verbs in a natural and effective way inside my course: Phrasal Verbs in Conversation!
Each lesson in the course contains:
If you want to be fluent in English, you need to know common phrasal verbs.
You can join my phrasal verbs course to get started today :-)
The English language has a number of words that sound nice and are fun to say!
Today I'll teach you 10 words that many people find beautiful - you can learn what they mean and practice pronouncing them in order to expand your vocabulary.
If you're working on getting your vocabulary up to a more advanced level, there are 1,000 more words waiting for you inside our Vocabulary Builder Course - Level 2.
OK, now get ready to listen and repeat 10 beautiful English words...
Which one was your favorite?
Do you have any English words that you enjoy saying, simply because you think they sound pretty? Let me know – I'd be interested in finding out which words you think are nice to say and hear.
And if you want to learn more about our many online English courses, click here for more information as well as some free sample lessons you can try.
Thanks so much for joining me today - I'll talk to you in the next lesson!
Do you ever use the wrong word in English?
It's a very common problem - and it affects students at all levels, from beginner to intermediate to advanced.
These mistakes are especially common when the two words appear very similar - like "interfere" and "intervene" or "relation" and "relationship" - or when they seem to have the same meaning, like "problem" and "trouble" or "staff" and "employees."
Today I'm going to teach you the differences between all these super-confusing words I just mentioned, as well as a few more.
I hope this lesson has helped clarify these super-confusing words! If you have any words that confuse you, let me know and I'll add them to my list for a future lesson.
But you might find many of your questions answered inside my 600+ Confusing Words E-Book. You can see exactly what's covered in that e-book when you click on this list of all 600 words you'll learn.
This month we've been doing a series on different ways to say things in English, in order to help expand your vocabulary and know what to say in lots of situations.
Today we'll cover 20 ways to say "thank you" – phrases for expressing gratitude and appreciation.
We'll start out with some basic ones you probably already know, but keep watching so that you learn some new ones!
Thank you so much for joining me; I hope you learned some new phrases today!
To continue learning real-life English, join my Everyday English Speaking Courses.
More than 2,000 students love these courses!
In addition to helping you learn phrases from the dialogues inside the lessons, the Everyday English Speaking Courses also have opportunities for you to record yourself speaking and get feedback from a teacher on our team.
I hope you gave a great day. Thanks a million for being my student :-)
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