Can reading novels improve your English? The short answer is yes! Of course it can. If you are getting more exposure to English your English should improve. However it's not as simple as that. If you're reading old books with language that isn't relevant or books that are too difficult for you then you may not actually see that much improvement. But don't worry, there ...
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Very Short English Stories – To Improve Your English!
Very Short English Stories A great way to improve your English is to read short stories in English. When you're learning a foreign language it can be difficult to read big books with lots of text. But you do want to try to read something. A common problem that lots of people face is that they will buy long and complicated books to improve their English and then they ...
Best textbooks for the HSK
Thinking about taking the HSK exam and want to find the best textbooks to help you prepare? Then you're in luck, because here we have selected what we think are the best HSK textbooks to help you get ready for the exam. It's important that you enter the HSK exam as prepared as you can possibly be, and although you can't learn everything from a textbook, they definitely help ...
Our favourite Chinese Graded Readers
When learning Chinese, lots of students need to find ways to improve their reading skills. Usually with other languages, reading is one of the easiest things to improve but as characters aren't phonetic and Chinese doesn't use an alphabet, this can be pretty tricky. Our favourite way to improve Chinese reading is through graded readers, which you can find our recommendations ...
Best textbooks for the DELE exam! – A1 – C2
Doing the DELE exam can be difficult, but they're definitely worth while, and to make these examinations as easy as possible for you, you need to prepare. You can prepare in lots of ways; class, reading, watching movies, talking to people in real life, but one of the ways you're probably going to want to practise is by using textbooks. Which is why we wanted to write our ...