Joanne Reilly 
English Academy
 

In my opinion, this is the most difficult of the four skills to master. With this skill I feel that we are really 'putting ourselves out...

Listening requires a lot of focus. How often have you found yourself drifting off inside your own head when someone is talking to you, in your own language? You are mentally adding to the shopping list, or trying to compose a response to a WhatsApp message. There are many internal distractions that prevent us from listening. In our native language this is one thing, we might be able to pick up a general idea from the few words we have listened to, but what about in a foreign

How much do you need to write in your new language? Studying to achieve a qualification? You will need to write quite a bit. Going...

I'm guessing that if you opened this blog post then reading is not your favourite pastime. Unfortunately though it's something we all...