Hello from Hong Kong, my newest city.
I’m on my way back to Europe for the winter.
And instead of flying a crazy-long distance in one day, I thought I’d break up the trip and see a new place.
Atomic Homework
Where Should I Go?
I’m leaving!
I’m hitting the road!
I’m outta here!
This Is Exactly What A Native Speaker Would Say
So many good sentences!
Yesterday, I asked you to share your favorite sentence with me.
I can strongly recommend you check out the blog and read them.
Too Confident?
Confident or competent?
That was yesterday’s question.
Most of you said confident.
An Interesting Thought About Confidence
Here’s an interesting thought.
Because we’re talking about confidence this week…
Would you rather be a very good English speaker and not feel confident, or feel very confident, but not be a very good English speaker?
How To Be Confident In Any Situation
Yesterday, I asked you why the Petras suddenly lost their confidence.
Some of your replies:
They were suprised and the situation with you was different for them.
They didn’t expect to meet you.
The Story of Two Shy Students
I used to teach two Petras in Prague.
Let’s call them… Petra #1 and Petra #2.
Both Petras were shy to speak English.
Do You Have This Problem With English?
Mistakes.
Understanding.
Forgetting words.
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.
Yesterday I asked you a question:
Which job applicant would you want to interview?
Applicant one: “I find greater confidence in my written English due to the consistent composition of academically rigorous papers, while acknowledging the need for further refinement in my spoken proficiency.”
If You Don’t Know Who To Be, Be Yourself
Mr. Vig needs help.
I’ve got a lot of work, and I can’t do it all.
So I advertised online for a helper.