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5 Ways to Feel Confident in Your Spoken English

5 Ways to Feel Confident in Your Spoken English

5 Ways to Feel Confident in Your Spoken English -  How can you build confidence in your spoken English ability? Every language learner dreams of becoming a fluent conversationalist: someone who easily understands everything that people say, who gives the perfect...

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4 Great Sentence Styles to Upgrade Your Writing

4 Great Sentence Styles to Upgrade Your Writing

Upgrade Your Writing with these 4 Great Sentence Styles - When you need to make a great impression in your writing, basic sentence structures aren't always enough. The solution? Do what the professionals do: Upgrade your writing skills with dynamic new sentence...

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3 Great Ways to Make New Friends in the US

3 Great Ways to Make New Friends in the US

3 Great Ways to Make New Friends in the US - Moving to the U.S. can be both an exciting and a lonely experience. “At home in Japan I had a strong group of friends,” said one woman who recently moved to my home town of Seattle, Washington. “We all met in college, and...

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Conditional Sentences: Grammar Guide

Conditional Sentences: Grammar Guide

Conditional Sentences: Grammar Guide -  Conditional sentences are all about expressing possibilities. They include a main clause that offers the central content, and also a dependent clause that limits that content with a condition. For example: If you spend time...

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Their, There, or They’re: Grammar Guide

Their, There, or They’re: Grammar Guide

Grammar Guide for Their, There, and They're -  Spelling can be very challenging in English: very often, written words seem completely different from their spoken sounds! It gets even more confusing when completely different words, with different meanings and different...

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Vocabulary and Grammar Resources

Vocabulary and Grammar Resources

Vocabulary and Grammar Resources -  Here are a few great resources for building vocabulary and English grammar skills:Grammar Resource:Top Pick: Grammar in Use (American English) by Raymond Murphy (available on Amazon) English Grammar in Use has been a key resource...

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