I’ve had a very busy time this weekend. I promised you on Friday that I have some exciting news and here it is. The kind people over at learn2lingo have invited me to write their blog for them. It’s a great site for finding a private teacher to learn with or even for teaching your …
One of my students from Japan mentioned the singer Noriko Sakai’s court case to me in class recently. I was interested to read more on the topic after the class and my reading led me to this article on the BBC news website. There’s some interesting legal and crime-related vocabulary in the article, too. The …
I buy all my clothes second-hand. Well, almost all of them. I wouldn’t consider buying second-hand boxer shorts or socks but other than that, all my clothes are already used when I buy them. Until I saw this article on the Reuters website, I didn’t know that dealing in used clothes was such big business. …
I love to take my time over breakfast at the weekend. I like to eat slowly, read the news and start the day in a nice, relaxed mood. It seems that the people in this article on the ABC News website like their breakfast, too. I think they chose a more spectacular place than my …
Have you ever broken the law? Maybe even for something minor like parking in the wrong place at the wrong time? I think most people have made the occasional mistake when driving but certainly not as many as the man in this article on the BBC News website. There’s some great driving-related vocabulary in the …
Whatever you think of the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – or ‘SBY’, as people here call him – he’s here to stay. After winning the election last July, he is set to enjoy another five years in power. There was an interesting article about him and the challenges he faces on the BBC News …
Do you use Facebook? I thought so. If you don’t, you’re probably in the minority nowadays. I find it interesting that Facebook seems to have become so much more popular than its old rivals MySpace and Friendster. It’s great that they got users to help translate it into new languages, too. This article on the …
Can you imagine being given a free honeymoon? Well, that’s just what the Malaysian government are offering couples in a bid to decrease the divorce rate. I saw this article about it on the BBC News website yesterday and started imagining where I would go on a second honeymoon. In the first paragraph, the author …