Here’s a recent text conversation I had with a friend:
Me: Hey, let’s meet for dinner this week.
Friend: Ok, how about Wednesday at 5:30?
You only need three things to become a fluent English speaker
Times are tough.
Inflation is climbing higher every day.
But Krispy Kreme in Ireland has a solution.
You only need three things to become a fluent English speaker
A reader sent me this question:
“Is English only a question of time, or do I need something else as well?”
Good question.
How to sound like the smartest person in the room in two seconds
Would you rather be the smartest person in the room…
Or just sound like the smartest person?
The first option might not be possible.
On the road to Merida, Mexico
Yesterday, I had lunch with one of my Power Word Academy members.
Mauro’s been a member already for one year.
And yesterday, we finally got to meet in-person.
Why you should learn less. Not more.
Everything’s an adventure!
That’s why I love living in foreign countries.
In the US, when I run out of coffee filters, it’s a bother.
Power Words in the news
Have you heard of this madness?
They’re called “gender reveal” parties.
Parents invite friends and family over.
This is the kind of English you need to get what you want
Isn’t technology wonderful?
Until, of course, it breaks.
And when you teach and communicate and sell 100% online like I do, well, things break all the time.
Why my student beat his grandmother with a stick
Here’s one of my favorite teaching memories.
The year was 2005.
It was either the Tuesday or Wednesday after Easter weekend.
Speed English, part 2
26 years to learn English!
In 1984, Piotr Wozniak was a twenty-year-old student at Poland’s Poznam university.
He started learning English in the typical way — he memorized lists of words and translations.
