16 Nov Be Interesting and Cool in English; Speak Confident English
Do you actually know what makes someone "interesting" to talk to, or have you just assumed it's about having impressive things to say?...
B1 – Intermediate
15 Oct What is Emotional Intelligence?
Posted at 07:28h
in B1 - Intermediate, B2 - Upper-intermediate, Management, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science, The School of Life
Can you name someone you consider emotionally intelligent without immediately second-guessing your choice?...
15 Oct Why Are We So Attached To Our Things?
If someone offered you more money for something you own than you paid for it, why might you still not want to sell it?...
15 Oct The Incredible Promise of Psychedelic Therapy
What if the single biggest obstacle to therapy working has nothing to do with the therapist, the patient, or the number of sessions?...
20 Sep template for teachers page Sept 22 – clone me copy
As the title clearly suggests, this video gives some useful phrases to get clarification. I used this video under the umbrella topic of presentations and it’s also a bit of a masterclass in signposting so you can kill two birds with one stone. The topic...
03 Jun 13 Ways to Clarify When You Don’t Understand Someone
If someone talks too fast, uses an unfamiliar accent, or throws in jargon you have never heard, what do you actually say in that moment?...
30 May How to sound smart in your TEDx Talk
What makes a TED Talk feel intelligent, even when the content is almost meaningless?...
30 May The dangers of copying successful people
Posted at 19:45h
in B1 - Intermediate, BBC, Business, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
If Bill Gates dropped out of university and became a billionaire, does that mean dropping out was the reason he succeeded?...
26 May What would you learn if you read 100 self-help books?
Posted at 11:37h
in B1 - Intermediate, Business, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
Is reading 100 self-help books an act of serious self-investment, or just an expensive way to avoid actually changing?...
25 Abr The dot-com bubble: Is history about to repeat itself?
Were you alive and working when the dot-com bubble burst? If yes, did you actually see it coming?...