West Brom boss Tony Pulis believes breaking down the language barrier is helping Salomon Rondon to express himself both on and off the pitch.

The Venezuela international striker rounded off a superb individual performance against Burnley on Monday night with the final goal, his fourth of the campaign, in West Brom's 4-0 win and Pulis thinks feeling more at home has played a big part in the 27-year-old coming good on his potential.

"Last year was a bit of a struggle for Salomon as he couldn't speak much English," said Pulis, "but he understands the language more now and it's made him become a bigger part of the group.

"Before he would just follow Yac (Argentinian Claudio Yacob) around all the time for him to translate as he was worried about not understanding everyone.

"But he's a good player and he's certainly upped his game from last season. Obviously he wants to score every week, not just play well, and it's lovely to see him score."