How to get further with your English

This article is based on an expats.cz article which describes how to improve your Czech. It is of course meant for expats who live in the CR and are learning Czech. But the principles are the same for any other language. Out of 15 original ideas, I chose those that seem especially helpful and changed Czech to English.
Let me know what you think!

Decide if you’re a visual or aural learner and proceed accordingly.
If someone gives you his telephone number do you remember it? Or do you need to see it written out? Those who answered “yes” to the former are aural learners and should focus more on

British vs American English - the basics

This is a topic that many people like to talk about, especially if they are native speakers. Sometimes they spend hours talking about how this and that is different and stupid in the "other" English.
However, there is not only British and American English, there are tens of different English dialects in the whole world.
Today let's just briefly look at the main grammar points in UK vs US English.

(adapted from britishcouncil.org)

British people and American people can always understand each other – but

Fun in the hospital?

Want to practice determiners? (a/an, the)
And have fun?
Does it sound impossible? Well, practicing grammar while reading jokes is far more enjoyable, I'm sure.

Here are a few:

How to cope with new vocabulary?

Learning new vocabulary can be tricky. Different people have different ways of remembering new vocabulary. Some people prefer to drill learn lists of words, others like to learn new words in the context of the whole sentence. Whichever is your case, here is some advice how to understand and learn better.

1) If you come across a new word, try to guess the meaning from the context. Think of the situation that the language describes. If someone is describing how they won in a competition, you might hear words such as

Other vs. another

Do you confuse 'other' and 'another'? Not sure when to use which?

Here is a short review of the grammar behind those words.

Apart from these rules, I also tell my students: you hear 'ANother', that's quite like the indefinite article 'an', so you have to use it with singular nouns ONLY.

 I hope that after reading this article you will be again a bit better at English ;)

Another and other are similar words that are often confused. Let’s have a look at how these words are used.

We use another when we talk about “one more of the same thing” that was already mentioned.

• I had a cup of coffee, but I want to have another

Idioms about fear

A couple of idioms connected with fear - that is for Halloween this week.
This guy is also kind of funny and has a nice

British Weather

This video is about the British weather which is a popular national topic to discuss.
Before you watch think about the following questions:

• What does a meteorologist do?
• Do you watch or listen to weather forecasts?
• Are weather forecasts