Anshan English

English is compulsory for all school students in China. Many will start learning English at kindergarten. By grade 3 or primary school, everyone will be taking English lessons. The high school entrance exams (Zhongkou), high school graduation exams, and university entrance exams (Gaokou) all include English as a major section of the marks. All university Read More …

Chandler and Joey are in a canoe, pretending to be on a lake or river far away from the city. The word “out” is added to the sentence to emphasis the pretense that they are outside – when in fact they are clearly inside. It also references the idea of “the great outdoors” which is Read More …

I would say assured in this case. When you assure something, you confirm that it is going to happen. Assuring someone’s privacy is a guarantee of privacy The word insure means to take out a policy against losses with an underwriter. That is not the meaning that you want here. I think perhaps you have confused insure with ensure. When you ensure something, you guarantee to Read More …

Ask to view the course materials, lesson plans and schedules. A good school with good management will have everything planned out and in order, but a bad school will not or will be expecting you, the teacher, to provide everything. This also has the benefit, in your job interview, of making you appear to be Read More …

  The two sentences require different answers. What does it taste like? It tastes like strawberries. The question requires the answer to include a description of the taste. How does it taste? It tastes good. It tastes bad. It is OK. This time the question only requires the answer to grade the taste  

I suspect this is a form of code switching. When people are talking in their second language, and hit upon a concept that leaves them lost for words, they drop back on their first language to vocabulary to fill in the gap. For example, I was having a conversation with a Bulgarian about his diet Read More …

The cost of English language schools in China varies massively. There are big differences between cities and regions. There are also big differences in the quality of tuition provided by various establishments. Thus different costs and benefits. I shall answer based on my city which is a middle-sized city in Liaoning. How much does it Read More …

To speak English fluently, first, forget about the speaking part and just think in English. Get your internal voice talking in English. Laziness isn’t the issue. To do this doesn’t take hard work. It just takes repeated work. You can do it lazily and still get the same result. Actually, I’d recommend doing it lazily. Read More …

There is no reason to suppose that anyone anywhere can speak English. It isn’t a universal language. By native speakers, English is ranked No.3 after Chinese Mandarin and Spanish. By second language speakers, English is huge and has about 1.1 billion users. However, if you consider that there are 7 billion people in the world, Read More …

As far as I know, the -ough grouping has the biggest pronunciation variation of any group in English. /ʌf/ enough, hough, rough, slough, tough (rhymes with stuff) /ɒf~ɔːf/ cough, trough (rhymes with off) /trɔːθ/ trough (by some speakers of American English rhymes with cloth) /aʊ/ bough, drought, plough (rhymes with cow) /oʊ/ dough, furlough, though Read More …