I am sure that by now many of you have seen this text about why English can be hard to learn. If you haven’t the list is below followed by a special treat as an example why it is important to understand idioms, like this:
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Random Love on a Wednesday night…or Ode to the Flaming Lips (and Wayne Coyne)
I love the Flaming Lips and this love goes way back.
Good ideas about modern education
A short video about why we need to change how we teach our students…
What Americans pay attention to…
While this TEDTalk is from 2008, I think it nicely summarizes why America is not necessarily as educated about the world.
Speaking of Stereotypes
Growing up, I thought all adults were intelligent and had life figured out, yet as I grew up I realized this was not the case.
All Patriotic and stuff…or “Ode to Portland”
It is funny how leaving a place can make you pine for it, often even if it is a shit hole & backwards type of place.
…and once more to the ‘dam or ’24 Hours in Amsterdam’
We had been planning for at least two month to travel to Amsterdam for twenty-four hours to spend time with an American girl friend who had a layover there after her trip through Scotland and Ireland.
An unexpected Christmas Present…
For my birthday I asked for a few books from my husband, one of which was a students textbook about how to be a better writer titled, “Writing Academic English, 4th Ed.” by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. First of all, the book shipped from Powells in Portland, YES!!!
A local Christmas and New Years Eve
This years Christmas and New Years Eve were spent at our home in Germany. First, while walking home from the night course I teach, the vendors at our Weinachtsmarkt were removing the decorations from their stalls, so I said to my husband in English that we should see if we could get a tree.
“It’s Always Sunny…” drinking game…
Apparently, with the popularity of the FX television show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia which debuted in 2005, many people have created drinking games.
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