Apologies for cross-posting, but I simply need to share my news with you!

Yesterday was a very special day. Miha (my husband, you saw him briefly during our Skype interview) and I drove to Poreč, Croatia, and met up with Rita and Hector - Rita, my dear online friend and partner, Rita your wonderful English teacher. Incredible as an afternoon like this would have seemed to me less than 3 months ago, it really happened yesterday.

It was a beautiful waning summer day. And the world got… Continue

Remember that a few classes ago, Hobson's choice came up but we didn't know what it meant? Well, I came across the meaning while I was searching another word in the dictionary, and there it was! According to the dictionary, this idiom comes from Tobias Hobson, a man who hired out horses in the 17th century. He gave his customers the choice of the horse nearest the stable door or none at all.

Hope you haven't found that out while I was away. However, it good to have it in another place in… Continue

Hi, all dear students,



As we've been missing too many classes, and since you now have enough time to devote to your English, you are ALL expected to finish unit 4 and 5 from your Exam Maximiser book (and unit 3 those who have not done it). This means that you'll be revising Modals, Conditionals, Intensifiers and Modifiers, and Comparatives, among other activities.



Please, also revise the use of "wish" (Unit 6). We are quite behind and need to be responsible,… Continue

In my hiper personal opinion, yes, we are being paranoic and too much fearfull to that new desease: the h1n1 flu, if you take a good look to the numbers, the regular every-day flu kills around 2000 people here in argentina only, meanwhile this flu only have killed 53 so far, and all those who died, where inmunodepressed ( I think thats the word), meaning that us, the young and healty cae students, must not worry about it, as simply as that.

I'll try to translate the joke.. here it goes! :)



A man is trying to get a job at a tailors shop. The shop's owner is not completely shure about this man.. So he ofeers him a deal: "I will give you a day to sell as much as you can. I will come back tomorrow and see how well you can sell. But this is your only chance, so work as hard as you can!"



He comes back the next day, and finds out that every single suit has been sold. The man is an exellent seller! But the owner… Continue