BBC News – Electronic cigarettes challenge anti-smoking efforts. Its been some time since I’ve posted anything in my blog. I’ve been quite busy teaching English online and studying for my Masters in Microsystems Engineering here in Germany. As summer has…
Check out this fun article from the BBC News – Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English
BBC News – Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English. This is a very interesting article that talks about words and phrases that have “crossed the atlantic” from Britain to become common place in America. I definitely saw this coming,…
This article was a recommendation from one of my students – Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe via Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything. This was a very nice link that one of my students sent to me that talks about the error many people (including native speakers) make when…
The Trouble With Online Education – NYTimes.com
As an online English teacher I tend to feel that I’m some sort of a pioneer in this new frontier of the “Virtual School”. Educators are just beginning to see the power of online education and are starting to realize…
BlueStar English’s first video is up! : Improving your English with Pat & Rico – Episode 1 – Why We Lie
http://youtu.be/zRozxQcTsYk
Welcome to Improving your English with Pat & Rico!
Where two online English tutors get together to talk about fun topics we’ve checked out with our students that might help those trying to improve their English.
In our first episode we go over an interesting article I came across in the Wall Street Journal about “Why We Lie”.
Rico tells a funny choke at the end of the episode that you might want to tell your friends.