by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Vocabulary
My poor Spanish students always complain that “prepositions don’t make sense in English!” They have a hard time learning them, and I’m not surprise to be honest. Not because they don’t make sense (they do make sense), but rather because they’ve been learning them the...
by Adam David Broughton | | Grammar, Language analysis, Vocabulary
Do you remember the first time you went abroad? How about the first time you drove a car? Your first kiss? The first time you do anything that has an impact on your life, you remember it forever. Not only do you remember it forever, but you also have very complete...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Vocabulary
Usain Bolt once famously said that the 100m sprint is easy. The hard part is the four hours of intense training that his coach puts him through every day. It’s everything the spectators don’t see that’s tough. Of course, it’s what happens out of the olympic stadium...
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 | | Psychology of learning, Vocabulary
I was lying on a sun lounger next to the swimming pool in the baking heat, with only the sound of the crickets in the August air. I started munching on the figs I’d just plucked from the branches of the fig tree next to the pool. I felt I’d earned them. I’d just...
