“I took some classes at a language school and now I speak fluent English”…
is a sentence I have never, ever, never, ever heard one person say.
Not once.
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Pigeon Disco English School
My apartment is on the sixth floor.
That means I can see a lot of rooftops and a lot of pigeons.
Whenever I need to think, I like to look out my windows at the pigeons.
Crazy Planet English
Have you seen the movie Interstellar?
This was one of those movies I couldn’t stop thinking about.
My favorite scene was when the astronauts landed on a planet that had super gravity. And the result of this super gravity was that every minute they stayed on the planet, seven years would pass on Earth.
Weird. Right?
What’s The Opposite Of Homework?
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?
A Comfortable Distraction
“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…
Is English A Subject Or A Skill?
The fundamental question is:
Is English a subject or is it a skill?
Let me explain.
A Question From A Stuck Student: Why Am I Still Not Fluent?
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.
Three Ways English Classes Make Your English WORSE
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.
Why My Students Beat Their Wives
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:
How Your Native Language Is Like A Cheeseburger
“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.