Students often ask for tips to help them learn English quicker and better. We asked some English UK member centres what they recommended - and here's some ideas from Language Teaching Centre Eastbourne. Look out for more ideas in future weeks.

Listen to quality English on the radio (not TV where there is a visual stimulus), especially BBC World Service or Radio 4; It is hard work but really works as students first pick up individual words, then phrases and sentences and when they are more advanced, connotations and linguistic nuances.

 Have you got English learning tips? Contact susan@englishuk.com