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Getting more out of your language lessons

1. Before the lesson Feel free to send a message to your tutor even before booking a lesson if you...

What’s happening in Canada

Photo: Justin Trudeau - Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg It’s finally starting to feel like spri...

Sequencing past actions in English

In my recent weekly topic columns, I have used past perfect and past perfect continuous verbs sever...

My favorite character in a movie

I recently signed up for the Disney+ streaming service for the first time. I had gone through most ...

Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Easter weekend! Unfortunately, here in Ontario we're entering a 4...

Spring 2020 memories

Spring 2020 was challenging, but I’m happy that I have some good memories from that time. I r...

Talking about change in English

This week’s column topic is To those entering a new phase of life, so for anyone studying Eng...

A new phase of life for students and teachers

Photo: Gabriel Benois on UnsplashFor many people, it feels like life is on pause because of the cor...

Using quotation marks in English

In my column for this week’s topic, Memorable music for you, I used quotation marks (“....

The soundtrack of my youth

Beyond a specific band or singer, I think that a lot of people feel nostalgic about a particular de...

Staying motivated

Throughout my life, I have found four important ways of increasing and/or maintaining my motivation...

Talking about your memories in English

This week’s column topic is Memories of your graduation ceremony, so for anyone studying Engl...

Talking about your adventures in English

This week’s column topic is The biggest adventure in my life, so for anyone studying English,...

Adventure in Japan

The biggest adventure in my life was my first trip to Japan in 2017. It was also my first trip over...

Talking about your hobbies in English

This week’s column topic is My slightly unique hobbies, so for anyone studying English, here ...

Relaxing with LEGO

One of my slightly unique hobbies is building LEGO models. LEGO was my favourite toy when I was a ...