by Andrea Giordano | Oct 31, 2018 | Student Posts, Videos
You want to speak more clearly. You want people to understand you. I’m here to help! When you understand voiced and voiceless sounds, you will understand a huge part of pronunciation. In this video, I will show you how to know when a sound is...
by Andrea Giordano | Oct 24, 2018 | Student Posts, Videos
Two years ago… I traveled 27 hours to Guangzhou, China on a student recruitment trip. The host school I was visiting arranged for a guided tour around their campus, where hundreds of students in red and white uniforms were studying hard for their exams. I saw...
by Andrea Giordano | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog
A couple weeks ago, our YouTube channel surpassed 2,000,000 views. That’s crazy! I never thought that when we started this little channel 9 years ago, we would see such an overwhelming response to the videos we put out. It turns out that the world is nuts about...
by Andrea Giordano | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Teacher Posts
Seven things only ESL teachers understand 1) You speak in broken English more often than you would like to admit. I often hear ESL teachers complain that their English has gotten significantly worse since they started teaching English. Let me just say: You’re...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 10, 2016 | Student Posts
This is a guest post from Jack Askew, the creator of To Fluency Most learners I speak to are intermediate speakers of English. And they have been at this level for some time. If you feel the same – if you feel like you’ve not made real progress, then...
by Andrea Giordano | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
Crossing Borders I have these recurring dreams. They all take place in different locations, but one thing is the same: I’m doing everything I can to cross a border, but something prevents me. Sometimes I get stuck in a spiral airport with no departing flights....
