During my 3 years teaching English as a Second Language online, I have come across a broad range of people, from child to senior citizen, spanning more than a dozen countries and even more cultures.

Even though learning can be a highly individualized activity, culture plays a huge role in…

When I was little, I would clean my room by taking everything out and and placing it in a pile in the middle of my floor. I even took out everything that was on the floor in my closet. This seemed like a good strategy at the time because then…

We’ve all heard that learning a foreign language opens a world of possibilities. Deeper travel experiences, opportunities to form new relationships, even academic and career advancement. But, can learning a foreign language also change the way you think?

The hypothesis that different languages cause different thoughts was advanced by American…

When I ask my ESL students about what they would like to work on, the most common answer I get is confidence. I have also found that the ones who struggle the most with confidence are the ones who are more advanced in English.

Confidence is not something that you…

Learning a language is a big project. When you’re learning a language, you have to dedicate a lot of time and resources to becoming good at communicating with natives and learning about their world. It is not uncommon to find people who have studied a language starting from childhood and…