
Dear Advanced Student: What Do You Want From Me?
Do advanced students make you nervous? If so, you’re not alone! Even native-speaking tutors find them intimidating. To make these...
Dear Advanced Student: What Do You Want From Me?
Do advanced students make you nervous? If so, you’re not alone! Even native-speaking tutors find them intimidating. To make these...
Extra Time at the End of the Lesson? ⏳ Activities For Serious Students
There’s seven minutes left and your student has already finished the lesson. 😱 You know this student takes classes very...
COVID-19: How Our Students Are Doing (and What Questions We Don't Want to Ask)
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan – where many of our students live – were the first outside China to be...
Euphemisms You Probably Don't Know You're Using 😲
What do you call this animal in your language? If you speak a Romance language, you probably thought of a...
Extra Time at the End of the Lesson? ⏳ Play Games!
You reach the end of the lesson, but there is way too much time left 😱 What do you do?...
COVID-19: What's Happening and What Can We Do To Stay Safe?
In recent weeks, COVID-19 (popularly known as “coronavirus”) has spread relentlessly around the globe. We’d like to take this opportunity...
Are You Accidentally Being a Creepy Online Tutor? (Real Student Complaints Included)
Unfortunately, it happens to the best of us: We ask a question because we want to get to know our...
How Not to Teach Vocabulary (According to Science)
Imagine you’re in a Japanese class and your teacher is reading some vocabulary: “And the next word is “kyū-ryō,” which...
R or L? 3 Easy Ways to Teach Students the Difference
It’s common knowledge that many East Asian learners confuse their R’s and L’s. The usual explanation is that these sounds...
We are Engoo — Behind Our New Tutoring Brand
We recently announced that our teaching platform is being rebranded as “Engoo.” Since many of you have said that you’d...