Author: morausky

Would you use your perfect English to get a better job? Would you use your perfect English to study for an MBA at Harvard or Oxford? Would you use your perfect English to travel to the UK or another English-speaking country? Would you use it to become a world-famous pop star or actor? Would you […]

Whoever and wherever I teach, most students tell me they find phrasal verbs really difficult. As a teacher I found them a nightmare to teach until I asked a group of high-level learners to do some research about phrasal verbs for homework. The next day, we had a great discussion about them and we produced […]

Do you ever make grammar mistakes? Do you ever say one word then change it to another? Do you ever change what you have just said because the the person who is listening doesn’t understand you? Do you find you use too many words and would like to be more concise? Do you ever use […]

Lots of people ask me for help with starting to learn a second language – they know they want to speak Italian or German but they’re not sure how to start learning from home, or which language learning resources to use.  In this post I’m including all the resources I think will help you to learn your second […]

Are you planning to start studying Spanish or have you been studying Spanish for a couple of months already? Either way, you are probably asking yourself how many hours does it take to learn Spanish Fluently? After doing big research and reading a lot of different sources, I have found a satisfying answer for myself. […]

I’ve been learning Spanish, using different programs and through Skype lessons with my Peruvian teacher from the Live Lingua website. And in my opinion, when you don’t have the opportunity to learn in a Spanish speaking country – this is the best solution because you learn directly from a native speaker.  However, to maximize my […]

Tip #1 – Practice Spanish regularly This idea is key when learning any foreign language, and it is one of the most important tips for learning Spanish. This is how our brains work: new information is stored in short-term memory, and, to transfer it into long-term memory to be able to use it in the […]

As I write this blog, I think more and more about learning, in general, and learning as it relates to languages. It seems like many people who write about language learning think of languages as special cases, unlike learning to play tennis or to play the guitar. This is true to a certain extent: You […]

I have been doing language exchanges since I studied abroad in Russia in 2003. I was teaching English to some university students, and sometimes I would meet one of my students outside of class. I would help her (it was always a woman, in my example) with her English, and she would help me with […]

There’s plenty of information out there about how to find a language teacher or a language partner online – iTalki is the most popular option (one that I, personally, have never used). But what can you do if you would really like to have a static-free conversation, where no one’s connection cuts off? Here are […]