Does your English teacher have an allergy to coursebooks? … [Read more...] about Coursebooks are not the problem
Let’s not be awesome
Have you seen all those photos on Facebook with captions so full of positivity and love and 'awesomeness'? Or perhaps you've seen a video from a self-development guru telling you that if you think it, it will come true. … [Read more...] about Let’s not be awesome
Can Bill O’Reilly Teach You English?
What's one way of picking up new English words in the media? Perhaps watching the O'Reilly Factor will help? Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comBill O'Reilly is one of the USA's most well-known current affairs hosts, fronting his own programme weekdays on Fox TV, although he is also unpopular in some circles. News becomes opinion If reading the New York Times or … [Read more...] about Can Bill O’Reilly Teach You English?
Take the pressure down
"I didn't quite get that last grammar point, I guess I'll have to do more English study this weekend." "I'll speak English more when I've reached advanced level. Not now, I'm not good enough." … [Read more...] about Take the pressure down
Stop ‘practising English’ and get real!
For a while, Tania and Marketa were friends. Tania was an English teacher, a colleague of mine at a language school here in Prague, and Marketa was a student in her advanced class. … [Read more...] about Stop ‘practising English’ and get real!