I will teach you to become a confident English speaker without schools and rules
This week we’re looking for the most powerful aspirin to cure one of the biggest English headaches…
I’m talking about: How to remember English words.
Let’s begin with a quick tour through the research. Just follow the orange umbrella…
1. Ebbinghaus — “You must review.”
This is Hermann Ebbinghaus.
There are 195 countries in the world.
And today, 117 are “completely closed.”
This is according to the travel site kayak.com
So how to travel during The Summer of No Travel?
What’s a mailbag?
Well, it’s a bag. And inside… there’s mail.
(See why people say I’m such an amazing teacher?)
And in the old days, when a writer would publish his opinion in a newspapers, some readers would send him a letter, usually because they agreed or disagreed.
I just finished a big freelance writing project yesterday.
I don’t do those jobs anymore.
Now I’m focusing 100% on teaching.
But when I said “yes” to this project, it was last summer.
Martina was a student who really felt bad about her English.
I could tell every time she opened her mouth, every time she made a sound… she wasn’t sure about her words, my words, even if she could finish the sentence she was trying to form…
Then one day, as we were sitting on my couch in my apartment, drinking coffee and talking about I don’t remember what, she told me none of her friends spoke English.
“Interesting,” I thought.
This week we’re asking the question: Can adults learn English faster than children?
I say, “Yes.”
With a big IF following right behind it.
Good morning!
As promised, I just closed the Mr. Vig discount store.
But the regular store stays open – mrvig.com/store
This week, and maybe next, we’re comparing adults to kids.
Who can learn English as a second language faster?
(If you missed the recent lessons, you can catch up here: https://mrvig.com/category/blog)
Adult vs. Child.
Which one is better at learning foreign languages?
The child, of course.