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The English Teacher Blog
Our company blog features our work teaching English pronunciation, grammar, and test preparation in Washington D.C. Our place to share resources for improving English language skills and for newcomers to the city.
May 14, 2019
I have never met a single English language learner who has said the following: “I can’t wait to use small talk at the next social or […]
January 22, 2019
Paraphrasing effectively in your target language is one of the most difficult skills to master, even for advanced English learners. Whether you are in graduate school […]
March 12, 2018
In my graduate classes and in and our private practice, students and clients often remark on how confident their colleagues or fellow students appear when they […]
March 6, 2017
Although our clients come from diverse backgrounds, everyone shares the same challenge: their English needs to be better NOW (or really, yesterday) but they have busy […]
February 7, 2017
Whenever we administer a grammar pretest, almost everyone misses the question designed to test knowledge of the subjunctive in English. That’s OK – many native speakers […]
January 22, 2016
I attended public school growing up. When I was in 5th grade, my English teacher taught us how to break down sentences and use the diagramming […]