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How To Get Conversation Ready With Fluency MC
I had the pleasure in this interview to be joined by Jason R. Levine a.k.a (also known as) Fluency MC (an MC, by the way, is, in the words of Urban Dictionary “Short for master of ceremonies or mic controller. Essentially a word for a rapper but the term is not...
Behind the scenes of my online listening lessons
I had a conversation that went something like this last week. “So, can you tell us about your business?” “I teach English online”. “Oh. How do you do that?” This was in a training session for business owners on how to start off your business on...
Podcast#11: Spanish Study Woes
Oh woe is me! Do you know that expression? It’s a rather over the top, funny way to say how sad or disappointed you are. You typically use it when you feel sorry for yourself. You know, those times where something bad has happened and you spend your time thinking...