The Ms. Charlotte Academy Blog

Start learning English (or other foreign languages) more systematically and effectively with basic Linguistics concepts.

All our free articles and multimedia content (divided into the three main sections below) are in both English and Chinese. Our YouTube channel also features close to 100 short videos. If you are looking for a more comprehensive curriculum on English structure, please consider joining our online course.

掌握基本的語言學概念，讓學習英語（或其他外語）變得更有系統、更見成效！

以下三個部分中的所有免費文章和多媒體內容都是雙語的。我們的YouTube頻道亦有多達100條短片。如果你想更全面地學習英文的整體文法結構，請考慮參加我們的網上課程。

Learn like a linguist

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. If we understand basic Linguistics principles and clarify our (often unscientific) misunderstandings about language, we can learn English and other foreign languages much more systematically and effectively.

用語言學的思維學習外語

語言學是一門以科學角度研究語言的學科。只要我們對基本的語言學概念有了解，並釐清對語言的一些（經常是違反科學的）誤解，便能以更有效和有系統的方式學習外語。

The grammatical characteristics of english

Just like every other language in the world, English is bound by its own “grammar”—that is, its unique set of systematic rules. An understanding of basic Linguistics concepts allows us to learn the specific grammatical characteristics of English from a much more informed perspective and with much more awareness.

英文的文法特徵

正如世上所有其他語言，英文也被它的「grammar」規範—即它自己的一套系統性的文法規則。對語言學概念有基本了解，我們將能更有根據和有意識地去學習英文獨特文法特徵。

Cantonese and English: a grammatical comparison

Cantonese and English are two historically unrelated languages bound by their respective “grammars.” Informed by basic Linguistics concepts, we can learn to analyze the the grammar of our native language Cantonese and see the grammatical differences between it and our target language English in a more scientific light. This allows us to step back and understand English grammar in a more comprehensive way.

廣東話 vs. 英文的文法差異

廣東話和英文這兩個無任何「親戚關係」的語言分別受各自的一套文法系統所規範。透過基本的語言學概念，我們能學習分析自己母語（廣東話）的文法，並從更科學的角度看待它與英文之間的文法差異。這樣，我們便可以更有系統和更宏觀地學習英文文法。