Homonym, heteronym, homophone, what-in-ym? A dive into English language classifications

Same same, but different. Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash "English is sooo simple", said no student ever! This is what you get when a language begs, borrows and steals from other languages. So you end up with a jumbled mess that has words that sound the same but are spelt differently or words that are … Continue reading Homonym, heteronym, homophone, what-in-ym? A dive into English language classifications

How to learn new words, and make them stick!

Throughout my time teaching, nothing has frustrated students more than “I don’t know the word for…” or “I forgot the word for…” This gap in knowledge is simultaneously infuriating and humiliating to students. Many students to whom I teach and with whom I speak correlate their poor English speaking skills to a lack of vocabulary. … Continue reading How to learn new words, and make them stick!