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What is a pronoun?
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What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a part of speech that can be used to replace a noun or a noun phrase. Some examples of pronouns are he, that and it. Pronouns are usual...

What is an interjection?
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What is an interjection?

An interjection is a word or phrase that can be added to a sentence to express emotions, such as joy, surprise, excitement or disgust. Interjections...

What is an article?
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What is an article?

An article is a determiner that is used before a noun. There are two types of articles: indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” and the only...

How do I pronounce this word?
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How do I pronounce this word?

Thanks to the folks over at Oddcast.com, today, we’re pretty happy to announce a new free online pronunciation dictionary that can help you out wh...

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Contextual Analysis: How to Guess the Meaning of a Word in English
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Contextual Analysis: How to Guess the Meaning of a Word in English

Listening and fluency go hand in hand. Sometimes when you’re listening to someone speaking English, you may understand 90% of what they said. To u...

#contextual analysis #idioms #expressions #guessing
Yuzuki's Fluency Journey
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Yuzuki's Fluency Journey

Hear how Yuzuki became fluent in English

Tomo's Fluency Journey
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Tomo's Fluency Journey

Listen to the story of how Tomo became fluent in English

English Liaisons - Part 3
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English Liaisons - Part 3

  We have been looking at both contractions and liaisons. It can be tricky when English words change their pronunciation. Here are some more exampl...

English Liaisons - Part 2
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English Liaisons - Part 2

Understanding liaisons helps you to improve your listening comprehension. Improving your listening comprehension helps you to respond quickly during...

English Liaisons - Part 1
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English Liaisons - Part 1

When you’re learning how to speak English, there are some words and phrases that you’ll hear native speakers of English use every day that aren�...

Why fluency in a foreign language matters
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Why fluency in a foreign language matters

When I taught English in Japan years ago, we used to have a joke among us Gaijin (foreigners in japan). We would use one simple word or phrase in a ...

What is a verb?
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What is a verb?

A verb is a part of speech that is used to show a physical or mental action, a process or a state. Examples of verbs include drink, like or dream. T...

What is a noun?
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What is a noun?

A noun is a part of speech that is used to denote an object, a place, an idea or an activity. It can also be the name of a person. It is something y...

What is an adjective?
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What is an adjective?

An adjective is a descriptive part of speech that is used to give additional information about a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives are necessary when yo...

What is an adverb?
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What is an adverb?

An adverb is a part of speech that is used to describe or provide additional information about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. A lot of adv...

What is a preposition?
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What is a preposition?

A preposition is a word or group of words that is used to demonstrate how other words in a sentence are connected to each other. Prepositions link p...