Mr. Vig

Did you catch my mistake yesterday?

On the blog, I wrote “viola.” 

This is a viola.  Read More >

This week, we’re talking about how to get a €100 lesson from a €50 teacher.

If you’re just joining us, go to the blog to catch up on past lessons. 

Tip #4

I recommend you have this conversation via email even before you meet your teacher. Read More >

 A good teacher has two speeds.

Normal.

And “you.”  Read More >

In the gym, one man picks up a dumbbell and it changes his body.

But in the hands of another man, it does nothing.

You’ve got to know how to use your tools.  Read More >

Explaining is not teaching. 

You don’t want to know more English rules and definitions (you really don’t). 

Instead, you want to be able to turn off your brain, sit down, and have a nice, normal conversation with anyone about anything.  Read More >

A Vitamin V reader asks me if my Teacher Creature teachers are “applying the same methods as you do?”

My answer: Maybe. Maybe not.

All the teachers have different teaching styles.  Read More >

They ask questions. 

And they listen to you talk. 

Then, if you get stuck, have a question, don’t know what’s correct… Read More >

There are a lot of good teachers in the word.

But if you want to practice conversation, I say, the best choice is a native speaker. 

Here’s why… Read More >

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.”

-Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Pumping Iron 

I had beers with a friend last week.  Read More >

Have you met Crazy Bob?

Crazy Bob does things that are, well, a bit crazy.

Example… Read More >