I will always be amazed at how you can fly on a plane for just a few hours and land in a completely different world. Sometimes it feels like everything is different – different people, different language, different customs, different food, different interests, different houses, different streets and traffic laws, different vehicles, different money, and […]
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Get Help with Grammar and Punctuation
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Deseos e Intención
Hay cosas que no debes hacer, Y que no quieres hacer. Cierto. No tienes que hacer nada, De lo que no quieres hacer. Cierto. No obstante. Hay cosas que puedes hacer, Aunque antes no lo creía. Cierto. Puedes hacer lo que quieres hacer, Y no hay nada ni nadie que puedes detenerte. Cierto. Además. Tus […]
What do you live for?
I like to start my English classes with a warm-up exercise that will get my students thinking and speaking in English. Once they are warmed up, I transition into the lesson(s) of the day. Most of the time I warm up the language center in their mind with simple exercises such as, “Give me the name […]
4 Requirements for Learning English as an Adult
On Monday, February 8th, we started the English program here in Marinilla, Colombia. About 70 people gathered in the local theater to hear my presentation of the program. I started by telling the audience that after 4 years of high school French and 1 year of college French, I could speak very little French. Moreover, […]