Atomic Homework

Here’s a question someone sent me on Facebook:

And the answer is…

No. Read More >

Many years ago I owned a few exam preparation books.
The FCE…the CAE…the iELTS…

If a student wanted to practise for the exam, and had cash, I was willing.

Then, one by one, as my students got their certificates, I noticed the same thing… Read More >

Happy Friday!
(By the way, have you ever heard the expression”TGIF”? Do you know what it stands for? Keep reading and I’ll give you the answer. A lot of students get it wrong…)

Every Friday I answer a reader’s question.

This time however, I’d like to answer a question that was asked during yesterday’s live training. Read More >

This week we’re looking for the most powerful aspirin to cure one of the biggest English headaches…
I’m talking about: How to remember English words.

Let’s begin with a quick tour through the research. Just follow the orange umbrella…

1. Ebbinghaus — “You must review.”

This is Hermann Ebbinghaus. Read More >

There are 195 countries in the world.
And today, 117 are “completely closed.”

This is according to the travel site kayak.com

So how to travel during The Summer of No Travel? Read More >

What’s a mailbag?
Well, it’s a bag. And inside… there’s mail.

(See why people say I’m such an amazing teacher?)

And in the old days, when a writer would publish his opinion in a newspapers, some readers  would send him a letter, usually because they agreed or disagreed. Read More >

I just finished a big freelance writing project yesterday.
I don’t do those jobs anymore.

Now I’m focusing 100% on teaching.

But when I said “yes” to this project, it was last summer. Read More >