English pronunciation can be difficult and one of the most confusing combinations of letters is ‘ough’. There are a lot of different ways to pronounce ‘ough’ so to make your life easier here’s our simple guide to the 7 most …
Our student, Bruna Guedes, has recently finished studying with us. We asked her to tell us about her experience of studying at Speakeasy School. This is what she had to say: I studied at Speakeasy School for 6 months. I …
Robin Callan is the creator of the Callan Method. He grew up in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. In his early twenties, he went to Italy to teach English in Salerno. He enjoyed teaching, but he thought that the way in …
Don’t let these little things in English trip you up: One common mistake people learning English make is using TOO when they should use VERY and vice versa. Both come before adjectives or adverbs. Both make those words stronger. …
English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of five people can speak or at least understand English. If you speak English, you can communicate with nearly all the people around the world. English is …
Our Student Mariela Duarte Juarez studied with us for a year, starting from the beginning, working her way through to the last books and did her Cambridge first certificate with us, so we asked her about her experience at Speakeasy: …
Why we love being in Chiswick Chiswick is an amazing mix of village and city. Less than 30 minutes from central London on the Tube, the area’s broad clean streets and raft of independent shops and cafes give it a …
A Callan Method lesson is very different to lessons in other schools. Our students do not sit in silence, doing a test or grammar exercise from a book. There is no ‘free conversation’, where students use the English they already …