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English is a crazy language! 疯狂英文
English is a crazy language! (This phrase comes from the hilarious writing of linguist Richard Lederer, who gives some great examples of this nutty language. You can read his essay here.) ******************** Just now in his 1 on 1 English class a student asked me...

Still
Just now I was teaching a male high school student in Shenzhen, South China, in his 1 on 1 English class. We were reading an Indian legend about the Northern Lights, and he asked about the word "still" in this passage: "The chief often worried about his son. He did...

How-To Paper
Today in my advanced small-group writing class we were working on "How-To" papers, as we are working through my book, Write Like a Champion (美國老師教你寫出好英文). Some important things to remember when writing a "How-To" paper are: be crystal...

Student Writing: When I realized how lucky I am
Today I was working with a 10th-grade student in Hsinchu, Taiwan in her one on one English writing class. We have been working through my book, Write Like a Champion (美國老師教你寫出好英文) and my student was sharing her "Narrative" essay, where she told a story...
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