When I was a kid we played a game called “Opposite Day.”
“Yes” meant “no.” “Stop” meant “go.” And I think you got extra points if you walked backwards, or something like that.
What if today was Opposite Day for English?
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by Mr. Vig
When I was a kid we played a game called “Opposite Day.”
“Yes” meant “no.” “Stop” meant “go.” And I think you got extra points if you walked backwards, or something like that.
What if today was Opposite Day for English? Read More >
by Mr. Vig
“Wow. This guy’s an expert.”
A few years ago I was sitting in the Beer Museum on Dlouha Street in Prague talking with a new friend about women.
He knew about psychology, body language, evolutionary theory… Read More >
by Mr. Vig
by Mr. Vig
Q: I have studied English for years. Why am I still not fluent?
A: Because you’re studying English.
You can study chemistry. You can study history. You can even study computer languages. Read More >
by Mr. Vig
I read somewhere that hospitals used to be very dangerous places.
If you were sick, it was safer to stay home.
I feel the same way about language schools. Read More >
by Mr. Vig
It was exactly 12 years ago today.
It was my first spring in Prague and I was a travelling grammar teacher unpacking my text books and notes in a meeting room inside some big corporation.
8 a.m. and my first question to the group of bored IT guys was: Read More >
by Mr. Vig
“I need to start going back to the gym.”
How many times have you hear that?
Usually, whenever I hear someone say it, it’s with a mouth full of something super unhealthy. Read More >
by Mr. Vig
by Mr. Vig
Quick quiz:
Who do you think would be the best chess player?
Person A) “I’ve watched more chess.” Read More >
by Mr. Vig
“People don’t remember what you say; they remember how you make them feel.”
I forgot who said that, but I thought of it this weekend.
Saturday night a friend and I walked into a pub. There were no free tables so we asked to join another group at their table. Read More >