Guides
Short, practical answers to the questions people ask before they start, written by the teacher who will answer them properly on a call.
2 November 2026 · 5 minutes
An English teacher who speaks Bosnian or Turkish: when it helps
When an English teacher who speaks Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Turkish saves you time, when English only is better, and how lessons switch between them.
Read more2 November 2026 · 6 minutes
Turkish words you already know if you speak Bosnian
Bosnian took hundreds of everyday words from Turkish. Nearly forty of them, four false friends, and what it means when a Bosnian speaker starts Turkish.
Read more2 November 2026 · 5 minutes
Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian: which should you learn?
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are mutually intelligible. What actually differs, which one to choose, and why learning one of them opens up all three.
Read more28 September 2026 · 5 minutes
How long does it take to learn Bosnian?
An honest answer with real numbers: what you can say after ten lessons, what a conversational level takes, and why partners of Bosnians often learn faster.
Read more28 September 2026 · 4 minutes
Five email phrases that sound more confident in English
Small changes to everyday work emails that make non-native writers sound clearer and more sure of themselves, with the translated versions to avoid.
Read more28 September 2026 · 5 minutes
What the CEFR levels mean at work
A1 to C2 explained in terms of meetings, emails and interviews, with the levels UK visas and employers actually ask for.
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