english-at-home.com » General English http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Are you preparing for an English exam? http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/03/are-you-preparing-for-an-english-exam/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/03/are-you-preparing-for-an-english-exam/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:20:24 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=406 This time of year is very busy for exams. Are you preparing for one? Do you have any tips to share?

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]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/02/advice-for-learning-english/feed/ 7 British English or American English? http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/02/british-english-or-american-english/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/02/british-english-or-american-english/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:59 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=402 Are you learning British or American English? Do you find one more easy to understand than the other?

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/02/british-english-or-american-english/feed/ 10 Watching films in English http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/01/watching-films-in-english/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/01/watching-films-in-english/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:22 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=399 Do you watch films in English, or do you prefer to watch them in your own language?

Some types of film (animations, cartoons etc) are easier to understand in English, but you can probably understand a lot more than you think! Next time you watch a film on your DVD player, go to the menu and change the language settings to English. You don't need to watch the whole film in English, but even five to ten minutes is good practice.

Which films would you recommend watching in English?

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/01/watching-films-in-english/feed/ 7 Practise your English writing skills http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/01/practise-your-english-writing-skills/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2010/01/practise-your-english-writing-skills/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:20:04 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=395 If you've got a Twitter account, use it to update your friends or colleagues in English. You've only got a maximum of 140 characters, so your message needs to be short. (= fewer mistakes if you're worried about this!) You can use the same abbreviations on Twitter as you do when you text, and you don't need to worry too much about punctuation. Just make your updates interesting!

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