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 I arrived to China in 2019. It was around 4:00 pm of a November 16th. What I remember the most was the playfulness of my mind during the last hours of my flight. My hands played with the buttons of the screen in front of my seat; sometimes this monitor will only show me white or gray clouds but from time to time I would be amazed by brown and green fields.  My boss picked me up at the airport and I just remember to feel so safe once I heard someone calling my name. However, I felt the safest when meeting a friend who could speak my own language. I hugged her and thank God I could listen someone speaking Spanish after maybe 2 days of listening everyone speaking either in English or Chinese.  Almost two years now. Funny thing, I love the way I live in China but I feel like packing now even though I must still wait 4 months now. I really feel like leaving now. I succeeded. I ticked all my to-do's from 2020.  What did I gain? I have learnt to live alone and enjoy myself...

I love reading and I am fond of articles dealing with language education and even more when those articles entirely report on my ways of teaching and beliefs about how students should be taught. Here's a little resume on what Paul Seligson answered during an interview to El País. Link is provided at the end of the post. Paul Seligson goes with this basic lines. We need to focus less on grammar and more on listening to become better speakers.  Nothing new yet. However, I must recognize he is implying many teachers are obsessed with grammar rather than English as a communicative asset. Rajoy, president of Spain, wants every college student to hold, by the end of their careers, a B2 proficiency level. deadline: ten years. I'm leaning towards thinking he'll not make it. Colombia has already prorogued their goals. "Think in English" is a misleading dogma. Students should be able to use Spanish to find meaning in English since they're linked by Latin as...

First, go to check what I posted about adjectives when referring to grammar on  how are you? a post about adjectives Ideas for teaching or using adjectives in an EFL classroom Our students should be able to describe or give information about things. Adjectives allow them to do so and even to say what they think about anything. We must remember that adjectives are not only for describing things we can see. Love, peace or air, are nouns we can describe easily because we know what they are and what they are related to. When teaching adjectives we cannot lose track of our class context. Will I teach to teenagers who are labeled as advanced students or will I teach to a group of adults whose main motivation to study English is to pass the MET with a B1 level of proficiency? Having this clear you might create your lesson plan and here is where ideas show up.  I will show you some ideas for basic, intermediate and advanced students you can use. This ideas will also he...

Here is something basic about teaching English. It is whether teaching or not grammar.  Yes and No. Both answers are correct depending on some context-related thoughts. What is Prescriptive grammar? Prescriptive grammar is the rules and patterns taught in schools, discussed on teaching newspapers and magazines are protected by linguists organizations. that is, the grammar people should use in order to speak "correctly". For example:       Who did you see last night inside the movies?. This sentence, seen from a Prescriptive grammar view, has two mistakes. Although they continue being understandable, there are mistakes. A way to fix this could be:       Whom did you see last night at the movies? Those rules which tell us that we must use whom rather than who because it is the object of "see", are the Prescriptive grammar. Its main function is to lead us on the road for a "correct" way of speaking. Descriptive Grammar I...