Mr. Vig

What if remembering was a choice?

What if you could save thousands of new words in your brain like you save words in your computer?

With 96% success… Read More >

Sunday morning I saw this message on Whatsapp:

“Who wants to play beach volleyball?”

My reply, “Hell, yeah!” Read More >

Are you good at remembering names?

I’m not.

In fact, is anyone? Read More >

1. after you come home from work and your brain is so exhausted you just want to stare at the wall

2. at the weekend when you have five free hours

3. Tuesday and Thursday, from 5:30 to 6:55 (because that’s when the language school tells you you will learn) Read More >

When you were a kid, was your English class full?

Did you have 1 billion classmates?

Because according to Señor Google, that’s how many people are learning English. Read More >

A reader wrote to me last week:

“I want better English because everybody speaks English in this Globe.”

A quick Google search tells me there are 1.5 billion English speakers. Read More >

I’ve got a friend who lives in Spain.

He told me his girlfriend is going to Poland.

She wants to help the refugees. Read More >

There are two sides to learning English.

Let’s call them “games.”

There’s the inner game and the outer game. Read More >

Greetings from Mexico!

You’re learning English.

I’m learning Spanish. Read More >

My flight boards in 35 minutes.

So I’ll be short.

Yesterday, I wore a sweater and made a fire in the library. Read More >