I should call this part 1, but I don’t really want to make that commitment. There are many grammar mistakes, and I don’t want to single out any that are particularly worse or bigger, or more common than others. I’m limiting myself to three here because you have to...
I’ve been asked for a blog post about how to prepare for the speaking portion of the IELTS test. I’ve been teaching long enough that the request - and the worry that it implied - didn’t exactly surprise me, but I’m always telling my students, and student colleagues...
I’ve been teaching for a long time now, and I have noticed some things that many people do that often turn out to be big mistakes. I’m not talking about vocabulary or grammar or the like. That’s a different post. Today I’m talking about some things that people do that...
We are in the 21st century now. I think that everyone knows that it’s important to learn English. But what if you're an adult beginner who didn't learn it in school, or you've forgotten everything? You might feel that starting now is impossible. However, remember two...
This is a recent exchange I had with my dad on our family Discord site. When I finished, it kind of looked like an interview and it talks about when I very first became untethered to the US and then became the skint expat that I am now. I thought it was...
Some of you might know that I’ve started making YouTube videos. Yes, specifically YouTube. I haven’t really embraced this nor do I have any ambition of making (to make?) this a job. It’s more of a hobby, with an idea in my mind of maybe coming up...
I actually saw that in a photo. My first reaction was to laugh. It IS pretty funny. Yeah, a lot of ignorant people seem to be marching in favor of Palestine, clearly with no idea what the geopolitical situation is about. Not that I have a...
The picture of Mickey Mouse has nothing to do with this post. I just like that it’s in the public domain. I just did another standup gig this evening. It was OK, but this time I was a little nervous. More so than usual, that is. The problem...
Well, maybe not a channel exactly. On YouTube, I have just one channel, The Skint Expat / Mighty Grē-gør, or something like that. I’m adding Moron Cooking to that. I guess it’s more like a new series of videos. I cook for myself. I occasionally...
When I talk, I usually (though certainly not always) use words, as ya do. Somehow, it gets me in trouble with other Americans. This is why I avoid talking to them. Not that that is very hard to do; Americans don’t travel much, at least not outside of...
I have been an expat for more than 30 years now. I’m originally from the United States, though at this point that hardly matters. In that time, I’ve played music with bands and recorded and released solo music, I’ve been an English teacher for most of that time, and now I’m doing a blog about all of it.