For some reason when I first came to Poland, people liked telling me jokes especially the joke (maybe you know it) with the punch line “piłka…do metalu” (complete with arm motions showing a ball and then a saw). The…
business English
My job isn’t usually very exciting. It’s interesting enough, but not exactly exciting. It’s a lot of -you should use borrow here not lend – or – don’t use will after if in the 1st conditional – and the…
There are many methods for learning a language. Unfortunately, there are no magic methods. Part of my job is to balance out the methods I like to use and think are effective with the methods my students are used…
The English language that is. I am the first to admit that my English is not perfect. Have you noticed my punctuation issues?Even though English is my first and basically only language, I have been known to make a…
Here is just the first installment of awkward moments I have had with my students. There will be more to come. Who are my students? Mostly, they are business people who would like to learn English for work. If…