Challenge #018 Hello Reader, How good are you with prepositions? If you’re a Spanish speaker, chances are you’re making these mistakes every day… even if your English is advanced. We’ve just created a new challenge showing the most common preposition errors, and a short video where we explain exactly how to use these prepositions correctly with each verb. It’s only five verbs. But don’t be fooled. Watch the video, take the challenge, and tell me how you do. Most people get them wrong. You can…

Intensivo: Clear Control Análisis de tus patrones al hablar Hola Reader, Cerramos pronto. Mira esto: Esto es lo que está pasando en tu inglés. Filler words. Palabras débiles. Repetición. Y no es solo eso. También el ritmo. Más rápido. Más lento. Sin control. No son errores graves. Pero juntos… reducen tu claridad, reducen tu impacto, reducen tu autoridad. Puedes tener buen inglés. Pero si no controlas esto, no se nota. La otra persona tiene que esforzarse para seguirte. Y cuando eso pasa,…

Intensivo: Clear Control Análisis de tus patrones al hablar Hola Reader, El lunes te enseñé algo muy concreto: Las palabras. Repetición. Filler words. Palabras débiles. Eso es el micro. Los detalles. Pero hay otra cosa. Y es más grande. El macro. Mira esto: Esto es tu ritmo al hablar. Más rápido. Más lento. Irregular. No es algo que normalmente controles. Pero cambia todo. Porque el ritmo afecta a cómo te procesan. Si vas demasiado lento… la otra persona tiene que esforzarse para seguirte….

Intensivo: Clear Control Análisis de tus patrones al hablar Hola Reader, El jueves pasado te dije que hay un nivel que casi nadie trabaja: Cómo suenas realmente. Hoy te enseño una parte de eso. Las palabras. Mira esto: Esto no es un error. Es un patrón. Palabras que se repiten sin darte cuenta. Estructuras que vuelven una y otra vez. No lo decides. Pasa solo. Ahora esto: “just” “very” “i think” No están mal. Pero debilitan lo que dices. Pierden fuerza. Pierden claridad. Y esto: “uh” “um” “you…

Intensivo: Clear Control Análisis de tus patrones al hablar Hola Reader, Durante el año, con nuestro Pathway, trabajamos en esto: Eliminar el Spanglish. Comunicar con claridad. Hablar con autoridad. Pero hay un nivel que casi nadie mide: Cómo suenas realmente. Los patrones que repites. Las palabras que usas sin darte cuenta. No son errores graves. Por eso pasan desapercibidos. Pero afectan a todo: Tu claridad. Tu autoridad. Y se pueden medir. Este intensivo empieza ahí: Con un análisis de tus…

Challenge #017 Hello everyone, “It is a day so beautiful.” How many of you are guilty of saying things like this? If you are, don’t worry, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common mistakes I repeatedly hear my students make: mixing up so and such. But have no fear, Crystal Clear English is here!! To help you with this, we’ve created a short video explaining the common mistakes with “so” and how to use it correctly, with clear examples. You can watch it here: But we didn’t stop there….

Challenge #016 Hello everyone, It’s been a while since the last challenge. Are you making progress with your English? Do you do all your homework? Do you make a lot of mistakes? Have you done any research? Needless to say, “make” and “do” can be a bit tricky. They say repetition does wonders, so you can probably understand why we come back to “make” and “do” every so often. Simply put, we can never revise them too many times. So if you have 3–5 minutes, here is this week’s challenge. It…

CCE Weekly #122 Hey everyone! We hope you’ve all had a good week. Friday is just around the corner. We have been busy this year and have struggled to record the videos we wanted to. That said, today we found the time to record the Companion for CCE Weekly. We are a bit rusty in from of the camera, but in any case enjoy 15 minutes of us chatting about the newsletter, as well as other things. Enjoy! Don’t forget to bookmark our new website: https://crystalclearenglish.es/ Keep learning,…

Challenge #015 I’m writing to you from the beautiful island of Cyprus, where Jack and I are visiting my family. I know you all love little tidbits from our lives, so here’s a short family moment. Yesterday, while I was talking to my sister, an interesting difference in English came up. Even though my sister is taller than me, yesterday I was higher than her. Can you figure out how that happened or why that’s the case? As you can imagine, this week’s Challenge is all about “high” vs “tall”….

Challenge #014 Hey everyone, it’s been a while. I hope 2026 has started off great for you. We’ve been super busy over the past few weeks launching and preparing our new digital books for our classes. For those of you who have missed the challenges, don’t worry. We’re back. And today, we’re going back to basics with irregular verbs. I know most of you might be thinking, “Irregular verbs? Easy.” But let’s see how challenging this one really is. Remember, spelling counts. Don’t lose points…