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If elephants could write down their memories, they'd use their trunks. The Trunk is a collection of articles with advice on learning languages plus guidance on how to improve speaking and writing in English.

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Is it Congratulations FOR your new job or Congratulations ON your new job?

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Category: Common English ConfusionsLanguage Learning Advice

Are you dilly-dallying?

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Tell me whether this sounds familiar …

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Category: Language Learning Advice

Are you curious about the quickest way to improve your English writing skills?

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Still thinking about trying flash cards, but not keen on making paper cards?

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Category: Language Learning Advice

Do you find picking up new words and phrases is easy but remembering them is hard?

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Category: Language Learning Advice

Has this happened to you, too?

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Category: Language Learning Advice

Finally finished writing your email and checked that it all makes sense? Don’t hit send before you’ve proofread it.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

You’ve psyched yourself up to write that blog post or email in English.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Pronouncing individual sounds correctly is important when speaking, right?

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Category: Common English ConfusionsLanguage Learning Advice

Here’s some more insight into what people say about writing in English when it’s not their first language.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

One reason why people don’t sound as good as they could when speaking is that they haven't warmed up first, especially before saying something important.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceSpeaking in English

For many people, the idea of sitting down and working through a grammar book from start to finish makes them want to do housework instead. But there’s a better way.

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Category: Language Learning Advice

The first step is to identify your regular mistakes in English and then defeat them one by one.

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Category: Language Learning Advice

This week another insight into what people say about writing in English when it’s not their first language.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Having lost so many ideas and quotes, I’ve gone back to using a writing notebook.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Sometimes the words just won’t flow. Here are 3 suggestions for when that happens.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

While translating when writing is not a good idea, multilingual brainstorming is definitely worth doing.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

Saying what you mean so that it sounds natural is one of the challenges of writing in English for your business.

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English

What do people say about writing in English when it’s not their first language?

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Category: Language Learning AdviceWriting in English