Helping Malaysians Improve their English
We’re back with our Thursday posts!
Last month we did Facebook live sessions instead of our normal post with tips and lessons. So it feels like it’s been a while since I’ve written post on the blog.
Today I want to answer a question that we’ve been asked several times:
What is the difference between “will” and “shall”?
Last Sunday (9 Feb), I went live on our FB page to answer your questions in our second AMA (Ask MEM Anything) session.
If you didn’t watch it, you can catch the replay here.
So last Sunday, I went live on FB answering questions you sent to me through email.
If you didn’t watch it, you can catch the replay here.
It’s the first day of the school holidays, which means my three children are home with me. That means I’m a full-time referee for their continuous fights, a nanny and a cook for the next few days. 😀
So I’ll try to keep this email short before I get back to my mummy duty.
Last week, I wrote about “at” vs “in” when you’re referring to places. You can read that post here.
From that post, we received a question from Jason who asked this:
“If I am referring to a certain point of time, for example January, should I say in January or at January?“
Continue reading ““at January” or “in January”? Read this to find out.”
Today I want to talk about the difference between “at” and “in” when you’re referring to a location.
We see a lot of second language learners confuse these two words in writing and speaking.
For example: I was born at Kedah.
The correct word is actually “in”, not “at”.
When you’re referring to a large area like a town, city, state or country, you need to say “in”.
Continue reading ““at” and “in” when referring to location.”
When I was in the corporate world, I often heard people use the word “liaise” but they would pronounce it as “lie-us”.
If you’re not familiar with this word, “liaise” in business English means to work with someone or people in different groups, departments, or organisations in order to exchange information.
Continue reading “Do you say “liaise”? Here’s how to pronounce it.”
Yesterday, the My English Matters Team had our annual meeting where we talked about our plans for 2020. We also looked back at 2019 to review what went well, what didn’t go as planned and what we can improve–personally and also as an organisation.
As we were going through the agenda of our meeting, we came across some nuggets of wisdom. So I thought I’d share them with you. I hope you find these helpful as you plan your 2020.
Continue reading “Want 2020 to be amazing? 3 things to remember”
A few weeks ago, I wrote about identifying your level of English and making the intention of moving to the next level. We received a lot of great feedback from that post. So today I want to share with you the levels of English (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or CEFR) so that you can do a self-assessment.
Many international tests such as IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC are aligned to the CEFR, so I hope this will be helpful for you.
Continue reading “Take this self-assessment to determine your level of English”
Right now, I’m supposed to be packing for an all-girls’ trip to Bangkok (flight is tonight!)! So I’m going to try and keep this one short! I was brainstorming in my head what I could write about today. I thought a book recommendation would be cool because it’s a book that I’m planning to read on my flight.
Continue reading “The book I’m going to read on my flight to Bangkok”Last weekend, we had our Speaking English with Confidence Workshop, and we had so much fun! We were so happy to welcome students who came back for their second time (and even a third time!) because they wanted to take their skills to the next level.
I always say “next level” to the point where I think it sounds cliched or even cheesy.
