Can humour help learning? I believe it can. Language jokes are a common tool used in language teaching. Some of them are funnier, others maybe less. If something looks or sounds “unusual”, it will be easier to remember. Then, it will be also easier to remember the thing (vocabulary, grammar point etc) that you found […]

I first heard of the 80/20 rule a few years ago. I then realised I had seen it manifest in teaching as well. It actually has another name: the Pareto principle. When I started teaching company English courses, I saw people from both management and staff who struggled with advancing their level. They usually needed

We love words. They are “verbal brushes” for us to paint images in our minds and our listeners’ minds. Language is never exact, yet we need and want to know and learn new words, because with their help we can get closer to expressing what we mean. We find new words everywhere. In conversations, books,