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I'd like to dedicate this blog post to my outstanding student, Joy Li, in Shenzhen, China, who has visited us in Virginia before for a summer and recently asked this great question! While teaching a basic Step 1 English class just now, we were practicing the short -e...
Language Drills
Do you remember times in school when you thought the teacher sounded like the teacher in Charlie Brown, kind of like this? As a teacher since 1987, I wonder how many times I sounded like that to my students? And when it comes to teaching a foreign language, I think...
Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon
Presidential Turkey Pardon: One of the funniest of the Thanksgiving traditions is the annual "presidential Turkey pardon." The US Constitution gives the president great powers, including the power to pardon an accused person of a crime. In a humorous twist, there is a...
Episode 26 – Life Lessons from the Civil War (Part I-Ambrose Burnside)
Episode Description: Have you ever been in a class where the teacher really does remind you of Charlie Brown’s teacher? Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss2hULhXf04&feature=youtu.e I have been a licensed history teacher since 1987, and I cannot remember...
Comfortable Phenomenon?
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 is rare,...
Ape v. Gorilla v. Monkey: What’s the Difference?
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! Thanks for asking....
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