It's been a long time coming, but Carla and I finally had the opportunity to connect on a wonderful Facebook live (both in YouTube and podcast format) in a very captivating and enlightening chat about a wide variety of things. You guys are going to enjoy this. The topics, audio and video are down below!... Continue Reading →
Presentations are here and let's do a little bit of speaking. What do you think these ideas mean? "When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried, and distracted thinking, and superficial learning.""We are evolving from being cultivators of personal knowledge to being hunters and gatherers in the electronic data forest.""The... Continue Reading →
Woohoo! I'm kicking off a new edition of Q & A's! That's right, for those of you that ask questions about specific things, I'll be featuring them on a podcast one a weekly basis (might be Wednesday) and answer your questions as fully as possible. Here's our first question! Teacher, I would like you to... Continue Reading →
Where do you usually watch TV programmes/shows? Why or why not? What's your favorite TV programme/show? Why? Are there any programmes/shows you don't like watching? Why/why not? Do you think you will watch more TV or fewer TV programmes/shows in the future? Why/why not? Welcome back to another IELTS Speaking Part, everyone! Today are some... Continue Reading →
We, Americans, LOVEEEEEE using Emphatic Stress (did you see it?). Guys, sometimes when you speak, you can draw attention to certain words by giving them extra emphasis. These could be adjectives (huge, crazy, tiny) and adverbs (extremely, totally, slowly). Notice the change in emphasis in the second of each pair of the sentences down below.... Continue Reading →
That's right! I hope you guys are excited about this new installment. Since I've given so many presentations, and having a massive interview come up, I want to start delivering different things and implementing a little personal development into these lessons that will help you. Learning how to manage questions makes ALL the difference in... Continue Reading →
We're back with some more phrasal verbs! Because these particular blogs and podcasts are very popular, I love to debut them weekly. Here we go! She took up a new sport because she was bored during the winter. You should always warm up before going for a run so that you can reduce the chances... Continue Reading →
We've got IELTS speaking back! Since these were some great podcasts/blogs, I decided to bring them back on weekends that I don't have a special. Super excited about going over some of these questions and giving you a couple sentences that follow, but it's really up to you to write your feedback and examples. Post... Continue Reading →
There are foundations that I won't name that do more taking than giving. There are too many "non profit" organizations that ask for money, but then those givers have no idea where there money actually goes. Over the course of so many years of seeing blood donation centers asking for blood and NGO's asking for... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to another episode, everyone! This is going to be great for you guys to do some freewriting, but more importantly, understand the question. Learn to analyze task 2 questions. They contain a subject and often include a general noun or nouns to help you organize your essay. The world is changing rapidly (noun). What... Continue Reading →
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