You need to learn science vocabulary for life and the TOEFL. Nowadays, people often discuss science and technology in regular conversation, so make sure you learn the basics, especially about the human body and computers. Here’s a little test for you with very basic vocabulary: 1. What is a belly button? 2. Where is a [...]
When you tell a story about something that happened to you, you often want to tell people what someone said. If you use indirect speech, it will be very impressive. You can even include indirect speech in your examples for the TOEFL essay. If you do it correctly, you will get a higher score because [...]
No, this is not about that kind of massage! Get your mind out of the gutter (Don’t think dirty thoughts). In this video blog post, I just came from an appointment with my massage therapist/chiropractor. I thought some of you ESL learners may have back pain and you might need to know who to see [...]
My question for you today is: Would you rather have a lot of friends from your country or speak perfect English, increase your earning potential and make a lot of money in your future career? (earning potential = the amount of money you can make in your job) If you answered the second option, then [...]
When I lived and traveled through Mexico and Central America for a year (Note – ‘traveled’ can be spelled as ‘travelled’ if you are not living in the United States), every day I wrote in a spiral notebook, which served as a journal (a spiral notebook – a notebook that has a wire binding…wires that [...]
My name is Kim Purcell. I’m an ESL teacher living in Los Angeles and I’m going to help you speak English fluently. For the last ten years, I’ve taught English to a wide variety of students from countries all over the world and I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, [...]