What is value?
It's an important question, and we should ask ourselves what we value because it shapes how we shop, our lifestyle, our work, our hobbies, our social circle, and well, everything really.
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Ep.51 Facing our fears
An unknown error has occurred
An unknown error has occurred Have you ever seen that message? On a computer? on a smartphone? tablet? or maybe a blinking RED light on your car panel? How do you react when you see it? Whenever I have car…
Ep.50 Email heaven: readability & efficiency
This episode covers tips and tricks when writing emails. To be honest, these are not tricks but a reminder of what is important and why. Too often we write emails too quickly and we are all guilty of getting a…
You are wrong! – language for polite criticism
In this episode I discuss the value in knowing what language you can use when you want to give polite criticism or soften the criticism you give. It’s incredibly valuable because as I discuss in the video, English speaking culture…
You are your own boss
When I was toward the end of my High school days, life was quite spectacular. I mean, I had no responsibilities except to pass my final exams and attend class. Other than that, I did whatever I wanted. I went…
Ep.48 Social English: Thanksgiving dinner
This is one of the favorite holidays for Americans and with good reason. I mean who doesn’t like roasted turkey with cranberry sauce, stuffing and gravy, followed by pumpkin pie? Exactly! Check out this episode for language related to hosting…
Leisure time
A fantasy In my first few years of being a teacher I was an avid fantasy sports player. I’d come back from work and spend a significant amount of my free time looking on the computer screen at player statistics,…
Exploring the munchies: ESL food and culture lesson
This episode discusses the culture of food and how you can incorporate it into an ESL lesson for students. The topic can be extremely insightful, interesting as well as valuable. It offers a great opportunity to speak for your students…
The art of Grilling lesson: Polish, American and Greek + more
This episode is a personal one but also very relevant to culture and inevitably teaching as well – Grilling!!!! There’s a lot of intricacies and uniqueness in the culture of grilling and depending on where you are from you have…
The hardest task
Running When I decided to start running, I put on my sneakers, stretched, and went for it. I tried hard that first day to go further then I had gone before which was run for 58 minutes instead of 57.…
Ep.45 Soft skills rant
This rant I went on is on soft skills. Unfortunately they are lacking nowadays and they’re actually pretty damn important. It seems that in Poland students and in general people, don’t value them as much as knowledge. So I had…
Getting picked (ignore the gatekeepers)
When I was in school in the 90’s I was always worried about getting picked. Worried I wouldn’t know the answer in class or even worse, that I would embarrass myself with my silly answer. In sports I was the…
Ep.44 Culture – Value for money
Subscribe for free lesson ideas and teaching tips: https://www.nondas.eu/sample-page-2/ne… Culture is an integral part of language learning and as ESL/TEFL teachers we must make an effort to incorporate cultural competence into our lessons and not just focus solely on vocabulary…
Ep.43 In over your head
This episode focuses on language related to stress and coping with stress. It’s practical everyday language with a focus on mostly expressions we use in English when discussing stress or stressful situations. Also have added some expressions with ‘take’ that…