by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Practice, Pronunciation, Vocabulary
Boiled eggs, bananas, and nuts. This is the packed lunch I have every working day. I usually throw in a handful of raisins, maybe even a couple of apples if I’m feeling crazy. But always boiled eggs, bananas, and nuts. I don’t have to time to go home to cook...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Pronunciation
“No thanks, Adam. I don’t need any Viagra. Hahaha” Well that was the last email I expected to get from my wife’s uncle. I wondered why he thought I was trying to sell him Viagra. I don’t sell Viagra. Honestly. Then I noticed that his email to me was a reply from an...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education, Language analysis, Motivation, Practice
It’s so true. The best classroom learners generally really annoy and frustrate traditional teachers. After all, the teacher has prepared their (possibly irrelevant) material to try to put into their students’ heads, planned the class with what they’ll say and when...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice
In 2007, a man named Dave Farrow broke the world memory record for the most decks of cards memorised in a single sighting. 59 decks of cards to be precise. That’s a total of 3,068 individual cards which took him 14 hours to memorise, and 9 hours to recall....
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Psychology of learning
Now I don’t want the title of this post to demotivate anyone. If you’re reading these words, then that means you didn’t jump out of the window in desperation. Well done! I titled it this way because if you really understand how the brain “learns” a language, this will...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Practice
One of the first things I tell my students is precisely what the title of this post is trying to say: “These are not magic classes”. It shocks them at first but I keep telling them. Then they realise what I mean. Sometimes they get frustrated by this statement. The...
