Daily Lessons / blog posts

The English poet John Donne said “No man is an island.”

I guess he’s right.

But if you were to say, “Mr. Vig is ON an island”… Read More >

My sister has four kids.

Three of them never went to school. 

But all of them went to college. Read More >

You’re intermediate, right?

Your English is ok, but it needs to be better.

But how? Read More >

I can still remember my first year of French.

I was in the 7th grade.

My teacher was Mrs. Ford. (Doesn’t sound very French, does it?)  Read More >

I’ve always wanted to live on an island.

Now I do.

And what’s better than living on an island? Read More >

How did you become fluent?”

I ask that question a lot.

I travel a lot. Read More >

Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day in America.

Thanksgiving is like Christmas, without the stress.

No presents. No church. And family is optional.  Read More >

It’s a holiday in the US today.

No, I’m not in the US.

But I was born there. Read More >

This week we’re talking about REAL English.

The words and expressions native speakers actually use, but you don’t find in the text books.

Thank you to everyone who shared your favorite on the blog.  Read More >

Last Saturday I was talking on Zoom to a student from Greece.

After I answered his question, he thanked me. 

Then, instead of “Goodbye” or “Have a nice day,” he used an expression I usually only hear from native speakers from America. Read More >