How I created a skillset before covid19 shattered jobs

The language school where I have been teaching since May last year had to close on the 18th March. I am owed three weeks pay, which should have arrived by 11th April at the latest. There are 8 other teachers in the same boat and we have all been unable to contact the owner. He...

When Defamation Happens

This was odd, but I believe it was the first of what could be a very unwelcoming and complete fall out of what something used to be. When ex-employees get mad and begin the vilification process, know what you truths, capabilities, results, integrity and everything else is. It's important in the process. Let's just say...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 3 – Developing Writing – An Opinion Essay

Welcome back, everyone! I told you I would bring a surprise to you, and here it is! However, this isn't an entire breakdown. More just useful words, expressions, and paragraph formatting. So, let's look at this. Source: Gateway B2 Topic: It's a bad idea for teenagers to do part-time work while they are still studying....

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 3 – Episode 53 – Vocabulary Skills – Suffixes -ful & -less

Welcome back to another ESL podcast! I'm back with some more vocabulary today, and of course, your favorite type of skill.... SUFFIXES! Two common suffixes you can add to words to make adjectives are -ful and -less. The suffix -ful means "full of" (fearful = full of fear, cheerful = full of cheer) and -less...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 3 – Episode 50 – Developing Vocabulary – Phrasal Verbs Connected with Sports

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...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 3 – Episode 49 – Developing Vocabulary – Collocations Related to Work

This is a two-episode week of developing vocabulary, which I think a lot of you may be looking forward to. Today we're going over some regular collations with work. So, to break it down, some verbs and nouns naturally go together. There are verb/noun collocations that are related to work, such as solve a problem,...

The Arsenio Buck Foundation Official Launch!

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...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 3 – Episode 36 – Pronunciation – Suffixes from French

Welcome back to another episode, everyone! Excited about going over this next round because if you guys don't already know, there are plenty of words in the English language that are French.  So, with that being said, I want to show you some suffixes and that would put a touch of French on an English...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Special – IELTS – Part III – Talking About Abstract Topics & Agree/Disagree

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...

Coaching Session 003: Being Creative

So, I was asked this fascinating question just recently by one of my content writers.  She asked me how to be creative and how we can continue being creative.  Well, we're living in a world that's changing literally every year, month, week, day.  The YouTube's and Apple's of the world can ultimately fall apart just...