How to learn English at home?

Learning languages can be quite a challenge. Scientifically, as well as socially, we are adapted to a certain pattern where we tend to see things from the language that we have spoken throughout our life, basically the mother tongue or the native language. Say, we’re trying to explain a scene and if we’re offered to

What is Homestay with an English Teacher?

What is a Homestay? A homestay is a travel time period where a student stays with a local family in a foreign place. For example, if you travel to Cape Town and stay with a local South African family during your visit, then you and the family are both participating in a homestay programme. You

Business English Courses in South Africa for Professionals

Cape Town is a beautiful port city on South Africa´s southwest coast, which is beneath the amazing Table Mountain. Cape Town can provide a calm but yet beautiful adventure of your dreams with its slowly rotating cable cars that climb on the mountain´s flat top, from where you will able to have a breathtaking view

Why Travelling Abroad is so Important?

If you believe that the world is your oyster then you should definitely consider exploring all it has to offer. Getting first hand experience of different cultures, people, places and experiences is fantastic and differs greatly from what you’ll be taught in a classroom or at a lecture. One of the best parts about travelling

Top 10 ESL Games And Activities For Adult English Learners

What is ESL? ESL is a short form for English as a Second Language. English as a Second Language is a course that is designed for non-native speakers in South Africa so as to enable them to learn English as a second language. The key benefit of English as a second language for adults in

How to Become a Freelance Homestay Teacher

Top tips for teaching English successfully. 1. TEFL Certification A TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) certificate is essential to have.  These can come in the form of CELTA; DELTA; TEFL just to name a few. If you are an English speaker but want to know how to teach English effectively, then this is

Number of words in English Language

Have you ever wondered how many words the English language has? or how many words do you need to learn to communicate in English? In this article we will talk about that. Truth is, there is no answer that can be too exact, since languages have a fluid character and they are always changing. However,

How many people are learning English?

English is the language of Shakespeare, the Beatles, of economics, politics, culture, science… in short, it maintains an undeniable hegemony around the world, 500 years after the British Empire began its journey. Why does everyone want to learn English? It is the official language of almost 400 million people and the second language and foreign

10 Christmas films to learn English

Christmas is a perfect time to sit on the sofa in front of the fireplace (if you have one) and watch movies with friends and family. Christmas movies certainly have something for everyone. From Arnold Schwartzenegger, Cameron Diaz singing Greenday in an English village, to films that have similar (and even equally strange) titles, horror

The effective use of intent letters

We are all somehow familiar to how the application process works: doing your resume (also known as your CV), your list of interview questions and your cover letter. But there’s something else that you might be missing, and is just as important as the already mentioned documents: the letter of intent. Let’s start by defining