What do an escort service and a language school have in common? More than you might imagine. For one thing, they both semi- or illegally employ a lot
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Translation Disasters: The Best in Place Over Cup Special
This bar is on Calle Capitán Haya, in the north of Madrid and two doors down from the United Nations World Tourism Organization. I have been walking past
Street English: Frases Para Ligar en Inglés
A friend of mine has an enormous collection of English textbooks and phrasebooks at home, and when I flip through them, I’m struck with how perfectly useless most
The English Chronicles: How to teach Beach and Bitch
ESL teaching is a lot of things to a lot of people. Endlessly repetitive, yet often quite entertaining. Not extremely lucrative, but probably better than slinging cappuccinos at
My new book!
Well, finally. This is the biggest, longest, thickest piece of work I’ve ever published. It took me about 10 months to finish… Half of that time, to be
Top 3 ways that teaching English abroad inflates your ego
Ah, the life of an expat English teacher. If you’ve been here a while, you’ve already realized that teaching English in Spain isn’t going to make you a
Social Media Manual for Online Educators
As social media creeps into every facet of our lives, many teachers and educators are interested in incorporating these new technologies into their lessons. In order to help
Inglés para pervertidos (English for Perverts)
I’ll be the first to admit that I sometimes fantasize about writing something much more interesting than a bunch of dry books about grammar. Writing Inglés para Principiantes
Conversation with my trilingual girlfriend
Things that happen when you’ve been living abroad way too long… Girlfriend: Ahora que estamos de vacaciones, voy a aprovechar para hablarte en inglés. Me: Okay. Let’s do
Don’t Shoot the Translator!
I would say that generally, “don’t shoot the translator” is a good principle to live by. However, this particular translator might have it coming to him. Coffee with
