These two things are essential when you want to learn languages quickly and easily.

Word games and brainstorms, quizzes, puzzles and crosswords are a good way to work on vocabulary.

A speaking or writing exercise to propose solutions to tricky problems. This uses both modal verbs (could, should, would), and conditional sentences, so is better for intermediate classes and above.

This is a beginner vocabulary exercise that is very popular with my adult business English students.

When learning a new language, it can be tempting to rely on the automatic spelling checkers to correct your words. That may not be such a good idea with this poem!

While few of these dialogue tags are used in spoken language, you'll find them in any fiction book you read. How many do you know?

I've spent the past 9 months trying the Visanne tablet in addition to the Mirena IUD to control my endometriosis growth and cyclical bleeding from my bowel. It hasn't worked. So now the gynecologist has switched me to a 6 month course of Lupron (technically, Enantone-gyn).

Even beginners are faced with idioms if they travel to an English speaking country for a holiday. That’s why it’s important to include idioms in all levels of language courses.

The last 12 months has been very trying, and has led to me becoming a very angry person.

Everyone has something to complain about. Sometimes something will annoy you enough to write a letter or email.