Free Daily Lessons

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 >

“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 >

The fundamental question is:

Is English a subject or is it a skill?

Let me explain. Read More >

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 >

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 >

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 >

“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 >

What’s the best language school?

I don’t know.

I think they’re all a waste of time. Read More >

Quick quiz:

Who do you think would be the best chess player?

Person A) “I’ve watched more chess.” Read More >

“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 >