Daily Lessons / blog posts

The word of the day is “improvise.” 

Your notes for the big speech just fell in the toilet?

Time to improvise! Read More >

“What’s your #1 English problem?”

If I asked you that, you’d probably tell me something like:

verb tenses Read More >

Saturday morning…

I was teaching a free class online…

Explaining my Speed System to a group of curious students I’d never met before..  Read More >

I’m lost in Tbilisi… 

I see a guy on the street showing tourists the menu from his restaurant.

I ask him for directions Read More >

Hotels are boring.

I’ve never had an adventure in a hotel.

I’ve never met an interesting person in a hotel.  Read More >

A short walk through a history museum….

I see an old photo… an old shoe… an old this and an old that. 

If I read the sign it tells me the name of the object and its date.  Read More >

 I have a lot of Vitamin V readers.

How many?

I don’t know exactly. Read More >

Memories from Greece…

This month I’m exploring Georgia. 

But in August my home was Greece. Read More >

Let’s talk about speed.

An ad on Facebook says: 

“Learn Speed Reading: Read One Book Every Day.”  Read More >

How do you feel when you speak English in a foreign country?

Honestly, I feel a little bad. 

I’m in their country… I haven’t learned their language… and now I’m asking them to speak MY language! Read More >