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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...
What Happened When Leo Listening Went Live?
Last Friday, I organised a live listening event in Besançon, the city where I live.But wait a minute, you’re an online teacher! What did you do that for? Let me explain (or lemme explain as we say in spoken English). And after you can join in the fun too!Why Live And...
Podcast #10: Interview with Leandra
I celebrated my ninth year in France last week. My life here has changed A LOT since that first week in back in 2007. I feel integrated into the culture and I speak French almost perfectly. I've come a long way. I know you don't have 9 years to perfect your listening...
How 1 Student Discovered A New World With My Listening Lessons
...I was blocked at one place and a door is open and I can see behind the door. Meet Martine. An English teacher friend of mine referred her to me almost a year ago. I was a beginning online teacher and needed clients. Even though Martine and I live in the same...
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