Imagine that you are an actor and one day your agent says that you need to make your muscles bigger if you want to act in action films. How do you go about improving your muscle mass? There are no
Improving your English daily
Preparing for the TOEFL iBT reading section
What to expect in the TOEFL iBT reading The TOEFL iBT reading section tests your ability to read and understand academic texts in English. The passages are taken directly from real university textbooks. The purpose is to ensure that prospective
Improve your English spelling
In this day and age, the skill of spelling seems to be becoming less important with the invention of spell-checkers on word processors. But if English is your second language, it helps to have a good idea of which word
TOEFL iBT grammar
One of the things that can help you to get a better score with the grammar in the TOEFL iBT is understanding that it only tests American grammar. This means that if you have been exposed to both American and
What is your body language saying about you in job interviews?
Recently there have been a few good TV programs about people who use people’s body language to tell what they are really thinking. Programs like Lie to Me and the Mentalist. Being interested in psychology, I love to learn more
Asking questions in English
Think about how boring your language would be if everyone spoke the same way. If there were only one way of saying everything and if you didn’t say it that way, you were just plain wrong. People would not be
Bad job interview
I would like to share with you the story of one bad job interview that I had a couple of years ago in the hopes that you can learn some things about what not to do at job interviews. I
Top 5 common errors in English
When people learn another language, they make errors and mistakes. Mistakes are when you know the right answer but you misspeak or get nervous and say the wrong thing or just forget. Errors are when you say the wrong thing
Top 3 tips for the TOEFL iBT speaking section
To get the best score possible in the test, you should know a bit about how it will be evaluated. So, here are the top three tips from ETS. Know how the TOEFL iBT speaking section works The speaking section
Tricky Interview Questions
So, you are sitting in the nice comfortable office, waiting for your job interview in English to begin. You have been both looking forward to and dreading this interview for days now. It is such a good opportunity but since