It started off as a good day.
I woke up rested.
The sun was shining.
Daily Lessons / blog posts
When you can’t find right the word, do this.
You know the situation.
You’re in the middle of sentence.
Everything is going well.
Do You Have A Big But?
Don’t be embarrassed.
A lot of students have big buts.
No, not that kind of butt!
Adventures With English In The Grocery Store
Today I went grocery shopping.
Shopping at home can be boring.
In a foreign country, it’s an adventure.
How Improvisation Can Save Every English Sentence
The word of the day is “improvise.”
Your notes for the big speech just fell in the toilet?
Time to improvise!
Top 3 English Problems
“What’s your #1 English problem?”
If I asked you that, you’d probably tell me something like:
verb tenses
He Told Me To Start Teaching English!
Saturday morning…
I was teaching a free class online…
Explaining my Speed System to a group of curious students I’d never met before..
Three Stories About English And Money
I’m lost in Tbilisi…
I see a guy on the street showing tourists the menu from his restaurant.
I ask him for directions
Is Your English a Horse or a Car?
Hotels are boring.
I’ve never had an adventure in a hotel.
I’ve never met an interesting person in a hotel.
The Power of Why
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.