We run several online sessions, each session stands alone and anyone can join us. If you need a bit of hand-holding there is a list of on-line English courses on our Web Resources page.

To start with – No. English is actually an easy language to begin learning because:

it has no genders. Apart from people, all objects are ‘neuter’, not ‘masculine’ or ‘feminine’. So you say ‘it’ for such things, and do not need to learn any genders for objects.
it usually has easy verb endings. Apart from a few ‘irregular’ verbs, verb endings are easy, and hardly change.
adjectives remain the same for all words – there are no different endings to learn.
the singular and plural pronoun ‘you’ is the same. There is no need to decide whether to use a polite form, or an intimate form.

There’s no “have to”, but you probably won’t be able to progress beyond reasonable proficiency without it. That said, when you begin to learn English, speaking and building up your vocabulary is more important than worrying about correct grammar. However, as you progress you will need to incorporate more grammar into your learning programme.

There is a common impression that learning English grammar is painful, but it is a lot easier than many other languages. Of course, English is more than just memorizing grammar rules, the grammar should be incorporated into your everyday use of the language, theory and practice should go hand in hand.

Generally English grammar is not as difficult as some other languages, such as German.

Unfortunately the answer to this question is yes. There are many differences between British and American English, pronunciation, spelling, grammar, even the actual meaning of some words.

In fact English is the first language in many countries and there are differences between them all, these include; Australia, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA. This site is devoted to British English, but we aren`t snobs, so as long as we can understand you, it is all good.