by Scott Dreyer | Jan 12, 2018 | Vocabulary
Recently I was teaching an online student from Beijing, China, and she explained she had learned from her outstanding DreyerCoaching.com Team teacher that the word “phenomenon” is not used very often in English, and that it refers to some occurrence that...
by Scott Dreyer | Jan 10, 2018 | Vocabulary
Ask Scott Dreyer This question comes from Amy, a student in one of our Basic English online classes. Q: What’s the difference between a gorilla and an ape? Are they the same? And are they monkeys? –Amy in Shenzhen, China A: Great question!...
by Scott Dreyer | Dec 23, 2017 | Vocabulary
This question comes to us from Linda, the mother of a DreyerCoaching.com student in Beijing, China, after we had a class about Christmas reading my blog post. Q: What is the difference between the words “holy” and “holly”? A: That’s...
by Scott Dreyer | Dec 7, 2017 | Vocabulary
Q. What is the difference between “sledding” and “skiiing”? Are they the same in Chinese? — Kevin from Yangzhou, China A. Great question! This is one of those tricky areas, where Chinese has one word for something, but...
by Scott Dreyer | Nov 7, 2017 | Vocabulary
Ask Scott: This question comes from a mother in Shenzhen, China. Q. What is the difference between “carpet”, “rug,” and “mat”? A. That is a GREAT question. One problem is, “carpet” and “rug” have the same...
by Scott Dreyer | Mar 10, 2017 | Vocabulary
Tonight three students and I in our online class were working on a “Definition” paper, that defines a word. One student from Shenzhen, China wrote to define “happiness” and how a person can have that emotion. As we read the essay, I...
