Today we are talking about grammar and I am talking to Matt Purland, an experienced English teacher with over fourteen years of experience teaching English full-time, in the UK and abroad. Matt has written and published 24 books and thousands of printable worksheets for teaching and learning English. You can find out more about him at purlandtraini…

Today I am talking to Jack Askew from www.tofluency.com. Jack was very kind to answer my questions about the concept of fluency and how it works for Intermediate English learners. He has a course which helps achieve fluency in English. Visit Jack's website (www.tofluency.com) to download his ebook and more information on the course we discuss in th…

Today we are talking about the lessons that year which finished not long ago taught us: about learning and about success. We also discuss attitudes to planning and New Year Resolutions. What are the secrets to succeeding with your goals? We will tell you our opinion in the new episode of our podcast. It's the last episode with Maria Kochakova, but …

Today we talking with Masha and my colleague Alexander about the influence of a profession on learning processes. Alexander is a full-time teacher in a big Russian IT company 1C-Bitrix, which I have been co-operating with for several years. I have much experience with different professional groups, specialising in IT audience in the last years. Mas…

Today we are talking about our struggles in the learning process. Why do we often feel like failures? What can we do to stop feeling like this? We will discuss the importance of discipline in language learning, and how to develop it fro yourself. We will also talk about organising your learning process and making it an integral part of your routine…

Today Masha asks me tricky questions about how to choose a good language teacher for your own learning. We discuss and share our experiences on what makes teachers good or bad. If you want to share your opinion with us, please fill in the questionnaire here: http://goo.gl/forms/XQR0805gDYY9KY7v1 Language Note:I would like to help you guys and Masha…

Today we talk about how important it is to understand your own learning style to be able to take your learning under control. If you know your leading representative system, you can process and memorise bigger amounts of information, which is so important when learning a language. We give practical tips on how to determine your learning style and h…