Invocation to the Muse

O DIVINE POESY GODDESS-DAUGHTER OF ZEUS SUSTAIN FOR ME THIS SONG OF THE VARIOUS-MINDED MAN WHO AFTER HE HAD PLUNDERED THE INNERMOST CITADEL OF HALLOWED TROY WAS MADE

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American High School Teachers vs Spanish High School Teachers

Can you spot the seven differences between American high school teachers and Spanish high school teachers? It’s easy… Just read on: American High School Teacher Of course you’re

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David Foster Wallace, Demolishing Descriptivism

“Take, for example, the Descriptivism claim that so-called correct English usages such as brought rather than brung and felt rather than feeled are arbitrary and restrictive and unfair

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The Scourge of Bilingualism

Years ago, here in Spain, parents and the educational establishment believed that teaching languages to children would make them mentally retarded. A child would never learn to speak

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6 Claves Para Aprender Inglés – my most successful book yet

Looking for a copy of “6 Claves para Aprender Inglés?” I bet you are! A lot of people come to my various websites trying to find “pirate” copies

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27 Phrasal Verbs Que Debes Conocer (Segunda Edición)

My first book about ESL is out on Amazon Kindle, iBooks and other places. 27 Phrasal Verbs Que Debes Conocer is a bilingual book that helps intermediate level students

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The Great Arizona Haboob Controversy

In the last couple of weeks I have read some articles about language that I just couldn’t ignore. The latest one is about the controversy surrounding the word

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Teaching for Dropouts

I became a teacher when I was 21. Newly arrived in Europe and just (dropped) out of college. My new boss gave me a textbook and said good

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Homeless in Portland

Check this out. Will isn’t young, he isn’t hip, and he doesn’t give a fuck about Glee. He’s not interpreting and parsing Steve Jobs’ every episode of flatulence.

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