Here's my presentation at BIDC Festival in Bangkok! Now, I wasn't able to get the full audio, so it might be just 3 minutes in and cut off after 47 minutes. I apologize, but the content is here. I did a rough transcript of it, but there's a lot of questionable vocabulary, so if you're... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to another Facebook Live Coaching for IELTS! Thank you so much for tuning in today, and we're going to have to further discuss Part III -- a topic we haven't spoken about yet. Here are some of the things we will go over. Talking about abstract topics Giving your personal opinion Agreeing and... Continue Reading →
Yes! The big SHABAAM is here! This could be super difficult for a lot of you, but to put this all on one blog will help the majority of you out there who seemingly don't understand the concept of the words above. I'm your guardian angel today in showing you the light! These words are... Continue Reading →
As a non-native English speaker, it's important to become an active listener. Becoming an active listener revolves around attentively listening to the other speaker. Yes, it's important to speak, too, but you will be liked very quickly if you ask people questions that they WANT to answer. “So if you aspire to be a good... Continue Reading →
I'm bringing to you some more difficult gerunds and infinitives! The revision is never enough until mastery comes. Here we go with some more rules and a difficult passage for you all to do. Gerund Rules As the subject/object of a sentence. With go to talk about physical activities. After prepositions. After verbs of liking... Continue Reading →
After having a profound insight with one of my students this evening, I decided to do this week's pronunciation lesson on the lesson I had with him. I think it's remarkable how amazing North American English is. First, let's break down the silent 'T.' Spelled - Internet; Pronunciation - Innernet Spelled - Interview; Pronunciation -... Continue Reading →
YES! We are back and doing better than ever, breaking down some more basics for you guys. As time goes on, I will make this a lot more difficult, but this is "TOEIC FOR BEGINNERS" at this point. Let's dive into it! Present Continuous In The Present & Future The present continuous can be... Continue Reading →
Arsenio Foreword: Jiun went through the same thing I went through. While I was sitting outside one morning after USA's basketball team got ripped apart by the greeks in the FIBA World Championships in 2006, I was talking to a friend (at the time) name Kristine and I told her that I wanted to be... Continue Reading →
Last year, my friend bought me a book that captured my attention about Malaysian youth unemployment that was higher than our Southeast Asian neighbours. Here the question popped up, 'why Malaysian millennials like me can't secure employment with a better pay cheque and move up the corporate ladder?' and 'did it have something to do... Continue Reading →
Some more phrasal verbs for my students out there! I've had a request from one of my ex-students to do more of these, so here I am -- doing more of them! Read these sentences. Can you guess the meaning of the phrasal verbs in italics? I don't want to stop now. I seriously... Continue Reading →
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