3 Steps to Get Stubborn Students off Skype (Featuring Updated Kids Materials)
There are many pros to the new lesson system ... like the fact that it makes our lives as tutors...
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Fish Could be Spelled "Ghoti"? — Why English Spelling Doesn't Match Pronunciation
An old joke about English spelling goes, “You can spell fish ‘ghoti.’ Just take the ‘gh’ from ‘enough,’ the ‘o’...
- Curiosity
How to Get Shy Students to Warm Up to You 🙈🙉
You’ve probably realized that many of our students are shy. This is partly cultural; East Asians (i.e. most of our...
- Online Tutoring
Smart Expressions for Providing Reasons, Predictions, and Recommendations
Everyone wants to sound smart. Yet, when we speak a foreign language, our ideas get watered down by simplistic language...
- Conversation
- Vocab & Expressions
Smart Expressions for Voicing an Opinion
Have you ever noticed that some students always use the phrase “I think …”? Or maybe you’ve noticed a student...
- Conversation
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"Safety Country"? "Hand Phone"? "Fighting"? — Funny Phrases Our Students Use and Why
“Japan is a safety country!” If you’ve taught English to Japanese students, you’ve probably heard “safety” used this way. But...
- Vocab & Expressions
Important Things to Know Before Teaching Japanese Students 🇯🇵
Japan takes the word, “non-confrontational,” to a new level. At my university in the US, I sometimes attended lectures in...
- Online Tutoring
Why Our Students Lack Confidence
You may have noticed that many of our new students aren’t total beginners. They know vocabulary and grammar — just...
- Beginners & Kids
How We've Grown Through Online Tutoring
When we interview tutors for this blog, many of them mention how they've grown personally and professionally. As the saying...
- Online Tutoring
