Artículos escritos en nuestro blog por profesores nativos de idiomas

Bonjour à tous, Je m'appelle Nicolas, j'ai désormais 37 ans et je suis professeur de français depuis plus de 15 ans. Alors que mon avenir semblait s'orienter vers la comptabilité après avoir obtenu mes diplômes en France au milieu des années 2000, une rencontre va changer ma vie. En effet, après avoir rencontré celle qui deviendra mon épouse, j'ai décidé de franchir le pas et d'aller à la découverte de la Colombie. Là, j'ai rapidement compris q...

In this article, I summarize the four basic principles that people should follow when learning a foreign language. Each of these principles will be discussed in greater detail in the upcoming articles. Therefore, in my first article, I will present a brief summary of the principles that I will talk about in my future articles. There are mainly four principles to learn a language effectively: Principle 1 → Decide what your needs are and fi...

On 17 October 2021, I read in the newspaper a disturbing news for those of us who teach by vocation and with passion. In Asturias, the teacher Yván Pozuelo has been disqualified to teach for 8 months for rewarding his students with a 10; the "Rebellion of the 10". The teacher explained the application of this method of evaluation like a guarantee of motivation and progress for the students. A very positive method for language learning, a subject...

L'apostrofo  e  l'accento non sono la stessa cosa e nella lingua italiana    vengono utilizzati per motivi completamente diversi: l'accento si deve mettere sulla vocale che si pronuncia piu' marcatamente(nella parola "faro', per esempio, sulla-o). L’apostrofo  è  obbligatorio nei casi di elisione (bell’amico da bello amico), mentre nei casi di troncamento (bel ragazzo da bello ragazzo) è...

As many kids or adults out there, at some point, you found yourself thinking what does this"word" or that "sentence" means. It can be a movie, a book, a friend, an expression, something that we are missing that is not enabling us to connect and feel part of it.    Learn a new language is like a super-power, and I believe this is a unique chance for humankind to connect. Nowadays, everyone wants fast results and wants to learn fas...

Hello everyone!   As some of you already know, I've been teaching English     for a few years now, 6 and counting to be precise. I've helped various age groups: from 2-year-old babies to 60-year-old grandmas and grandpas. It's been a fun ride, that's for sure.   I love what I do. I am passionate about it and, I have to say, I've become pretty good through the years. Even though I am not a native speaker and re...

Here's some tips for learning English or any other new language: If you are totally beginner, you should learn some basics first, then you can focus on more speaking etc. You should know main things like greetings, asking questions, ordering etc. And also from begginning alphabet, subjects, main verbs to use daily life.  If you want to learn English by yourself, it is possible, believe me, I have leant it by myself. My journey was'nt li...

Non e' sempre semplice comprendere quale ausiliare utilizzare per formare i tempi composti. Cerchiamo di farci uno schema per crearci alcune linee guida. Vediamo, quindi,quando si usano il verbo avere e essere con un semplice schema a cui seguono le eccezioni Verbo avere viene usato per formare il tempo composto da verbi transitivi attivi.  Esempio: Io ho visto il postino, che ha portato una raccomandata. Con i verbi che indicano una ...

Come si puo' fare per convincere un bambino a imparare una lingua straniera? Io credo parlando il suo stesso linguaggio....quello de gioco "Giocando si impara": I bimbi, infatti, hanno una memoria visiva e auditiva fenomenale, l'importante e' stimolarli con qualcosa che sia di loro interesse. Qui sotto ho riportato alcuni giochi semplici da spiegare e divertenti per bambini da 3 a 15 anni da giocare da soli o in gruppo, vediamo se son...

"Entonces, ¿cuáles son mejores: profesores nativos o profesores no nativos?". Es una pregunta muy común que los estudiantes hacen a menudo. La respuesta natural de muchas personas es afirmar que, "Por supuesto, los hablantes nativos son los mejores profesores de inglés". Pero, ¿qué tan cierto es eso? Las ventajas de un profesor nativo 1. Pronunciación nativa Especialmente si buscas imitar un acento o dialecto específico, hay muchas ventajas en ...

El ser o no ser nativo de un idioma para enseñarlo, siempre ha sido un asunto de polémica entre los estudiantes al momento de elegir entre un profesor u otro, si bien es verdad que las personas nativas de un idioma pueden brindar un conocimiento mas orientado a la practica y muchos profesionales de habla inglesa pasan años especializandose en dichas areas tambien es cierto que el ser un no nativo dando clases puede ser una desventaja para otros ...

[Spanish version]   Fluency in your second language Hundreds of videos say you need to think in English, that´s completely true. Why? In short: translating back and forth all the time makes things too slow and stress your mind a lot. It is just too much work for your brain to be translating all the time. I tell you: "All geese are birds but not all birds are geese"(weird phrase... let´s supp...

No one pays attention to how fundamental can be improving the listening in the students, and listening is fundamental, this is because most of your students are learning the language to be able to verbally communicate. Most of new teachers believe that by helping your students speak in English is great and enough to make them speak, but that will not help them in a conversation unless they can understand what others are saying. Throughout your c...

What are CVC words? Words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, e.g. cat, hat, mat, etc. These are the first words to be read in English by a child. Let's talk about how we can teach them. I have activities with images when I first introduce my students to CVC words. That's what the kids need and I'll gradually take the pictures away only after they learn to segment and blend sounds in CVC words. When I prepare a CVC reading course,...