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 a...
by Scott Dreyer | Dec 7, 2017 | Vocabulary
一年中的每个季节都有一些我们通常只在那个季节使用的词。 例如，有些词我们通常只在冬天使用。 一些示例是 SLED、SKI 和 SLEIGH。 Q. What is the difference between “sledding” and “skiing”? Are they the same in Chinese? — Kevin from Yangzhou, China A. Great question! This is one of those tricky...
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 noticed...
by Scott Dreyer | Feb 24, 2017 | Vocabulary
Tonight in one of my writing classes, a student in Shenzhen, China had written an essay: How to Learn Chinese. Curious, I asked her: “Why did you choose this topic?” Her answer: “It’s the first thing I could think about.” Her answer...
by Scott Dreyer | Feb 10, 2017 | Vocabulary
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...
