Colors in English — A Rainbow Activity for Young Learners (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: My daughter is learning to name the world. Every day it's a new colour, a new shape. 'Papa, blue! Blue water!' That moment — when a child connects a word to…
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Describing Places: Adjectives That Create a Picture (B1)
🎙 From the classroom: Réunion Island is one of the most visually extraordinary places I've ever lived. The volcano — Piton de la Fournaise — is active. The lagoon is turquoise. The mountains are brutal.…
Feelings and Emotions — Beyond Happy and Sad (A2/B1)
🎙 From the classroom: The day I stood in front of my first class of twelve adults in France, I was — in English — 'nervous'. But nervous doesn't capture it. I was terrified, excited,…
Travel and Transport Vocabulary (A2)
🎙 From the classroom: My life has been a series of journeys: Chittagong to Sydney (plane, 13 hours, two suitcases, age 19). Sydney to Paris (plane, 23 hours, with Vanessa). Paris to Saint-Pierre, Réunion (plane…
Food and Restaurant English — Ordering and Describing (A2)
🎙 From the classroom: I spent years as a sommelier and barista in Sydney — The Ivy, Establishment, Uccello. Wine vocabulary was my second language before French. The fastest way I found to teach food…
Jobs and Workplaces — Essential Vocabulary (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: I've been a hotel manager, a sommelier, a barista, a hospitality trainer, and now a language teacher. Every job has its own English. Learning vocabulary through real jobs makes it stick…
Colours All Around: English for Young Learners New to a Country
My daughter is learning two languages at the same time — French from her mother, English from me, and Créole from the island she was born on. She points at things and we both name…
Travel Vocabulary — From Airport to Hotel (B1)
I've moved between four countries. Every airport, every immigration queue, every check-in — here's the vocabulary that gets you through.
10 Essential English Idioms — With Real Stories (B2)
My first year in an Australian workplace, I understood every word but missed the meaning. Idioms. Here are the 10 I needed most.
Describing Places — Vocabulary & Adjectives (A2)
Réunion has a volcano, a lagoon, and a rainforest. Three completely different landscapes on one island. I'll teach you how to describe any place in English.