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  • How to improve your English grammar and reading skills

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    It’s certainly not by learning the rules of grammar as you would learn the rules of physics, but rather by….well…reading. Yes, it’s that simple, reading everything and anything you can get your hands on. It would help a great deal if you could find something you are really crazy or obsessed about. 20 years…

  • Listen to speak, read to write

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    That is my advice to learners of English as a second or foreign language. That is also my advice to English schools and ESL teachers responsible for creating ESL programs, curricula and textbooks. Just as it says in the title, to improve your speaking, you’ve got to start with listening, and to improve your…

  • Why did Robin Williams end his life?

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    They all said it’s depression. Yes, true, but why was he depressed?. Why would a person like HIM, who had what HE had, be depressed and then end up hanging himself with a belt? As I switched myself onto the “reflective mode”, here’s why I think the great actor chose to put himself to…

  • Phonological awareness and phonics: Phon what?

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    I have been getting many kindergarten teachers asking me about the difference between phonological awareness and phonics or between phonemic awareness and phonics. You’ve got to see how frustrated they look when asking “what the hell is the difference between phonological awareness and phonemic awareness?”. I know, I know. It’s confusing isn’t it? No…