Ethan Strauss

As an English teacher in China for 8 years, Ethan has always been frustrated by the complaints from students that they have no help in learning English. This site is his attempt to solve that problem.





Language Learning
There are many theories and ideas on what is best for learning a new language. Here we'll look at some of those ideas plus other things related to the culture of learning a new language.

Most students just learn vocabulary and grammar and expect to be fluent in the language, but I think we can all agree this just isn't possible. To become fluent you need to study the culture, the style and the history to fully understand the language.

If there is anything about language leanring you would like to see here Let us know!
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December 8th, 2010
by Ethan


Part two in our series on things you must stop saying in the English language! Follow along and see how it goes!

Elba 2007
November 28th, 2010
by Ethan


Everyone learns what to say in English but people don’t always learn what not to say! So let’s look at some today.

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September 6th, 2010
by Ethan


How do we write a proper essay or thesis/dissertation? Today we’re going to look at each of the steps which we will be expanding on more later.

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August 19th, 2010
by Ethan


Why are people successful? How many hours does it take to truly master a subject? Does IQ matter?

Chat7
August 18th, 2010
by Ethan


How much would you pay to take part in a Harvard class? how about free? 10 great schools who are putting their information online for everyone to see!

yao-ming1
August 14th, 2010
by Ethan


One big issue many Chinese students need to work on is what I call the expansion of thought. What is it and what can it mean for your English? Come find out!