Language Use
Confusing Words in English
We’ve been talking a lot about improving your English fluency on this blog the past couple of weeks, and if you’ve been active in participation, you have already found a conversation partner and are communicating in English much more often than before. Now that you’re communicating more and building confidence, how do you know if…
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How You Can Be Prepared for Any Speaking Situation in English
Welcome back to another special blog + video lesson! [Or, if it’s your first time, welcome to learning outside the box!] As you know, the last few weeks have been extra special here on English Outside the Box, because they focused on your October Learning Plan. This week is unique as well because you are going to…
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October Learning Plan: 31 Daily English Lessons – Week 4 Speaking
If you had to rate your speaking skills on a scale of 1 (not confident/poor) to 10 (extremely confident/fluent), how would you rate yours? Are you happy with your current level of speaking fluency? Most of my students, and even students I don’t personally teach but talk to on Instagram tell me that they want to improve…
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October Learning Plan: 31 Daily English Lessons – Week 3 Writing
Writing skills are incredibly important when learning English, because you’ll use these skills to communicate both formally and informally. You’ll need writing skills to communicate with friends in other cities via messages, e-mails, Whatsapp, etc; if you are going to use English professionally, you’ll need to know more formal styles of writing, like e-mails and…
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October Learning Plan: 31 Daily English Lessons – Week 2 Listening
Take a minute to think about all of the situations you need listening skills [in English] in your life. You need these skills for entertainment, like listening to music and watching TV/movies. You’ll need listening skills to live abroad in an English speaking country, like when you go to the local shops, when you need…
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