British English Slang! Do you guys know much British English slang? Maybe you have seen the film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, 28 Days Later or Four Weddings and a Funeral and have been confused by some of the words. See if you can explain what the words below mean. Good luck and no Googling please! 1. Barmy 2. Old Bill 3. Daft 4. Fit 5. Grub 6. Kip 7. Pissed 8. Shifty 9. Take the piss 10. Wobbler

What's the difference between "affect" and "effect"?

This is something that my students very often have trouble describing. Can you explain the difference and put it into context? Good luck!

Video Introduction Hi everyone, I would just like to bring to your attention my new introduction video on my profile. Personally I don't think I look very natural when I'm speaking to the video cam, but please judge for yourself! Thanks

Why do you want to learn English?

I am very interested to find out the motivational reasons as to why students want to learn English. Is it purely for professional reasons, just for fun or have you fallen in love with a native speaker maybe?! Feel free to add your comments. Thanks Greg

Reduced Lesson Prices! I would just like to bring to the attention of all Italki English students, that I will be offering reduced prices for all of my lessons during the month of June only! Also I am offering a trial lesson for only 10ITC!! Please check out my profile for more information or don't hesitate to contact me if there is a specific lesson that you need. I hope to speak with you guys very soon!

Your English Weaknesses I am very interested to find out if people of different nationalities have similar weaknesses in English or not. For example I was teaching in Thailand for many years and the problems were very often the same problems for Thai students. They didn't have the confidence to communicate orally but their grammar knowledge was sound. Furthermore it was very common to find that they had similar pronunciation problems with certain sounds such as "p", "l" and adding "s" on to the ending of certain words. When I was teaching Japanese students they had similar problems as above with the exception that their pronunciation was generally quite clear but often students would add an "ee" sound the end of words. How about people from other countries, what are your weak areas and do you think people of the same nationality generally have similar problems? It would be very interesting to find out!

Introduce Myself! Hello everyone, I would just like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you guys on Italki. My name's Greg, I'm 33 and from Southampton in England. I have been a teacher for around 10years now and am a fully qualified teacher in the UK, specializing in ESL. It would be great to meet lots of new people of different nationalities, backgrounds and English abilities here. Don't worry if you think your English isn't very good, whatever your level, I'm sure that I can help you!