January 2011 - Art of English

Snowdays, snowmen, snowdomes… BLIZZARD!

<a href=”http://www.artofenglish.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snowdom2.jpg”><img class=”size-large wp-image-345 alignnone” title=”snowdom” src=”http://www.artofenglish.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snowdom2.jpg?w=1024″ alt=”” width=”368″ height=”208″ /></a> <strong><em>”Nature has no bad weather, every kind of weather is beautiful.” </em></strong>These are words from a famous Russian song. I agree with these words. I like all kinds of weather, rain, snow, sunny days. Only one thing I don’t like – to be too […]

On snow, snowstorms, snow shovels. Snowdome!

Isn’t it beautiful??? This week my adult ESL students had a variety of answers. What I like about snow is to see it in a picture only. What I don’t like about snow is a big list: first it is dangerous for everybody; so many accidents. There is no place to park and if you […]

Friends, students, teachers! Lend me your words…

FRIENDS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS…. Lend me your words, opinions, suggestions. Those of you who spend each day in the classroom Those of you who seek new directions, Those of you who are open to positive change, Those of you who respond to your students’ hope and trust, Those of you who want to learn our complex, […]

I love the new year and Globish, the new world language.

I love the new year. New is the operative word here: new year! new beginning! new ideas! This week new students will register for new classes. Then new students with new notebooks, new plans and new expectations will eagerly start working to better speak, read, write, understand a new language. English. All right, English isn’t new. […]