Archive for April, 2008

Learning a Language: What Works for You?

What have you done to improve your English? Some of my students have watched a lot of American TV. Some of my students decided they wanted to study five hours a day after going to class for six hours. Some of my students partied with Americans (to party with s.o. = to go out with [...]

Real ESL Video Lesson 9 – Ordering Coffee!

Sometimes you really need a caffeine fix (a caffeine fix = caffeine to help your brain work). If you do, you don’t want to be stressed out about (to be stressed out about s.t. = to be worried about s.t.) how to order your java (java = coffee). This is a simple explanation to help [...]

Real ESL Video Lesson 8 – Pronounce “TH” – Where is your tongue?

I went to the Getty Center for this video post. I think this museum is thoroughly enjoyable and those of you who come through LA should bathe, put on clean clothes and go. Though you should leave your gothic, moth-eaten clothes along with the Christmas wreaths in your filthy closet. Does this seem like a [...]

TV is Good!

Today I want to talk about the value of television (the value of s.t. = the benefit of s.t.) (s.t. = something). But first, I must start with a confession: I’ve always been anti-TV (anti- s.t = you don’t like s.t. or you disagree with s.t. or you think it’s bad in some way). I [...]