Ordering in restaurants was always one of the most difficult things I had to do in French in my early days of traveling overseas. I was often served something other than what I had expected. Learning a lot of menu items can be challenging; however, understanding coffee in France is especially complicated. This little guide […] Read More
Tips To Improve Your Language Skills, Part 2 See part one in the previous post. To continue our discussion on tips to improving your language skills, next up is: Teach Someone Else This may seem strange or even hard to imagine for some people, but it does work! If you feel as if your language […] Read More
Here Are Several Tips To Improve Your Language Skills Part 1: My students often ask me how they can improve their language skills. Of course there are some obvious answers, but sometimes it is not such a simple question. My answer really does depend on the student’s situation, where they live, what their level is […] Read More
In 1998 a book came out that detailed the birth of the first English dictionary which began in 1857. No joke, there was nothing quite like a “proper English dictionary” before that time. It would take me nearly two decades to discover this book. The book is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale […] Read More
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, John McWhorter Rarely can I walk through a bookstore without something catching my eye unexpectedly. I was not looking for this book in particular and had not even known of its existence when I came across it. It was particularly serendipitous for me as an English teacher to find this book. […] Read More
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