Mr. Vig

A reader from the former USSR writes: 

“Before I thought that school methods are only used in USSR, but now I see this is a worldwide problem.”

When I was a kid in the ‘80s, if you wanted to reject a classmate’s idea and do it with style, you questioned the origin of that idea.  Read More >

In the future, will the robots take your job?

Will they take my job?

That’s the big topic this winter. Read More >

Before there was Friends…

Before there was The Simpsons

Even before there was Dallas… Read More >

I just checked yesterday’s Vit V comments on my blog. 

Did you see it?

Yesterday’s Vitamin V got a 3.7 rating! Read More >

STUDENT: I want you to correct my mistakes.
MR. VIG: Unfortunately, that doesn’t work.
STUDENT: But I do a lot of mistakes.
MR. VIG: Make… You MAKE a lot of mistakes.
STUDENT: Yes. That’s right. So please correct me when I do a mistake. 

Students always ask me to correct them. 

When I tell them it doesn’t work they look at me like I’m telling them the earth is flat.  Read More >

“Unsubscribe.”

What does that mean?

Well, if you want to get a newspaper or magazine or my Vitamin V  daily English lessons sent to you, you subscribe. Read More >

A new day, a new city.

I’m a travelling teacher. 

Last year, it was seven countries.  Read More >

Someone asked me that question again this weekend.

My answer: 

Forever. Read More >

I remember when I found out.

I was in my apartment in Prague (that was my classroom in the old days). 

I was with a student. Read More >

“There is no such thing as a bad question.” 

Teachers always say that. 

We want you to speak and not to be shy. Read More >