Quote of the day
So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.— John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society
I don’t believe in tests…
anymore.
A couple of days ago I posted an interesting online based vocabulary test and my result of 17.000.
Yesterday I got back to it and did the test once again (as you may have expected, I know the same set of words), BUT this time I checked different post-vocabulary fileds. Instead of “All of my subjects were in English” (or sth of the kind) I checked that I no more learn English and that I stopped about an year ago (true fact). On the additional questions (this time there were much more – I checked that I read, speak, and write a lot: with one word communicate a lot in English (the truth). Guess what, this time my result was not 17.000 but 23.500.
So, I decided to take another test and to see what would my n:
Found this one: http://dynamo.dictionary.com/placement/level
Result: 50.052
Pff, what should that mean?
For one it surely means that the tests are lost on me. The lot of them and all the pals, mates, and peers they might have.
I remembered how we once had that perfect candidate for the place of attorney in our office. He got 100/100 on each and every test but turned to be a weird psycho bloke post-hiring. He did know the matter but had no clue how to use it.
So, I’ll stop with tests and will continue with reading, speaking and writing a lot and…
come what may.
Your remaining-untested-in-the-future,
A teacher to remember
I wish I have had and a teacher like Taylor Mali. Once you get over his formidable side you will feel moved, empowered, inspired and motivated.
If you had 4 minutes, please watch his speech and you will never again ask yourselves what do teachers (have to) do (and make):
Taylor Mali: What Do Teachers Make?
You’d like more? There is more:
Taylor Mali: Miracle Workers
Have you had teachers that had inspired you for living?
Stay tuned for my favourite Taylor Mali piece. 😉
And no, you may not work in groups,
Yes, do learn the language
You think you do understand and you are understood by e-e-everyone. Think again 😉
Mayday, mayday
Do you speak English?
Ze breakfast in ze evening
The good old
The Italian Man Who went to Malta
When I get home I’ll get a massage from the answering machine,

















