by Phil Williams | Jun 16, 2020 | Books, Grammar
I’m thrilled to announce that my bestselling grammar guide, Word Order in English Sentences, is now available in audiobook format! You can skip straight to checking it out on Audible US here (Audible UK here) and it will soon be available from other audiobook...
by Phil Williams | Dec 19, 2017 | Entertainment, General English
Advent is always a fun time here in the UK, and I like to celebrate it in a small way on this website with some Christmas learning. We have a whole culture of books, films and traditions that can make English more fun – some of which I’ve covered here...
by Phil Williams | Dec 23, 2014 | Listening, Vocabulary
Just a few Christmas-themed posts from me this year – we’ve had the big fat vocabulary list, now it’s time for some listening practice. At Christmas time, the English speaking world is drowned in the sounds of numerous Christmas carols and pop songs trying to reach...
by Phil Williams | Aug 27, 2013 | General English, Listening
In English, fluent pronunciation often leads to many sounds disappearing, especially in unstressed syllables, or when two words are linked. The following are a few basic rules for understanding the way sounds disappear in spoken English, and are a good starting point...
by Phil Williams | May 17, 2013 | Distance learning
Recently, I gave an English exam to some Russian students in Neftekamsk. This is a city only founded in 1957, in the Republic of Bashkortosan – a culturally rich republic in Russia, slightly larger than England (and mostly unheard of here!). The long-distance...