Bored with books? Take a break. Try learning more English through music! We’ll show you how to use the songs you love to improve your vocabulary, listening and speaking skills. Music contains more than just words and melodies, such as Culture, Accent, Slang, Speed spelling, Pronunciation, and so on. How to practice? – Go to the right places to find English songs like on on YouTube or Vimeo. – Select the right songs as you love, clear lyric, kind of language and tell the story. – Get “Scaffolding” and vocabulary support to understand the lyrics by finding music lyric databases on Apps. – Sing along and try to sing… Read More
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Lend – Borrow – Owe
*Lend*, berarti _meminjamkan_ sesuatu pada seseorang dalam batasan waktu yang singkat dan mengharapkan untuk dikembalikan. Preposisi yang biasa digunakan “to”. Eg. – Dad lend me his car so I could go on a vacation. – Could you lend a dictionary to me. *Borrow*, berarti _meminjam_ suatu barang dari seseorang dimana akan menggunakan barang tersebut dalam batasan waktu tertentu. Preposisi yang biasa digunakan adalah “from”. Eg. – I need to borrow a black jacket from anyone. – I don’t trust him enough to let him borrow my car. *Owe*, artinya _berhutang_ sesuatu dan harus kita kembalikan setelah meminjamnya. Eg. – I owe $5 to my brother for a month. – I… Read More
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Go home early
One day Jimmy got home early from school and his mom asked, “Why are you home so early?” He answered, “Because I was the only one that answered a question in my class.” She said, “Wow, my son is a genius. What was the question?” Jimmy replied, “The question was “Who threw the trash can at the principal’s head?” Then, I say “me”. She grumbled, “oh.. we should look for another school tomorrow” View this post on Instagram One day Jimmy got home early from school and his mom asked, "Why are you home so early?" . He answered, "Because I was the only one that answered a question in… Read More
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