While I was browsing the news this morning, this article caught my eye because of an interesting word in the title: Clinton wishes he had left White House “in a coffin“ A coffin is the long box we put dead people in before we bury or cremate them. In the way it is used in …
Did you celebrate Halloween? It’s not such a popular holiday here in Indonesia but I still like to watch a scary movie in the evening to get into the Halloween spirit a bit. In lots of parts of the world, people like to dress up for Halloween but it looks like the runners in this …
Modern educators generally agree on there being more than one form of intelligence. Some believe there may be up to nine different kinds whereas others believe there are fewer. For today’s Tuesday Tip, I want to look at four different styles of learning and help you use them to improve your English. Which of these …
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 …
It’s that time of the week, again. Some of us are winding down, ready for a relaxing weekend. Others of us are getting ready to party! I’m somewhere in-between. I have an exciting announcement to make on Monday and I have to do some preparation beforehand. Please remember to have a look at the World …
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. …
If you are reading this, your English must be good already. You are able to understand complex sentence structures and, if you are a regular reader, you already have a solid vocabulary and know a variety of idioms and expressions. I very often meet students whose skills are at this level in my classes. They …
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