The first step to learning any language is: passion. If you’re not passionate about the language (or at least interested in the language), you’re going to have a bad time. Case in point… When
Continue readingA few weeks ago, I recorded a video with an online English teaching friend, Kim from English With Kim. We talked about topics, such as: Why finding your ‘why‘ should be a priority Using
Continue readingThe other day, I read something that really annoyed me. It was about some bartenders (people who serve drinks at bars) who are getting tired of serving mojitos. Now, if you didn’t know, a mojito
Continue readingYesterday I told you about an English lesson I heard on the radio… To cut a long story short… the ‘English lesson’ on the radio was the opposite of helpful. The hosts of the radio show
Continue readingLast week I asked this question: What is the purpose of language? Most of the messages I got were pretty correct. Answers like: To express ourselves. To communicate with others. To tell people what we
Continue readingDo you ever freeze before replying to someone because you don’t know what to say? Or, do you avoid speaking to people, so you don’t have to use English? I know how it feels – I was the same (in another
Continue readingThe English tenses are a bit of a nightmare. It scares them so much that they put too much focus on it OR ignore it completely! For teachers and frustrated students, grammar gives a structure for teaching
Continue readingAnyone who has written or is writing a dissertation will agree with me when I say: Dissertations are not easy. Are they fun? Possibly. Are they easy? No, definitely not. But what if dissertations could
Continue readingTime is valuable to everyone, but time management can be difficult. You’ve probably had times when you’ve wished for more time (most likely at 11pm the night before an assignment deadline…) For
Continue readingBeing late is easy! Why is waking up for a 9am lecture much harder than waking up for a 5am flight? It’s tough waking up for an early class (especially if your lecturer isn’t the most interesting person
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