🎭WHAT IS ‘DRAMA ENGLISH’???
What is Drama English? 🎭 Drama English is one of my most popular and unique classes. In Drama English, students read and act out dialogues — in English. The dialogues are about real situations: job interviews, vacations, conversations at work, everyday life. Sometimes I write custom dialogues based on YOUR real life. Sometimes we use […]
🏢BUSINESS WORDS I LOVE! ‘PRACTICABLE’
I LOVE the word ‘practicable’. It is one of my favorite words. It is similar to ‘possible’ but more specific: Here’s the difference: Possible = something that CAN happen — it’s within the realm of reality. Practicable = something that can actually be DONE given real world constraints — time, resources, circumstances. Example: Something can […]
💻A REMINDER OF ENGLISH IN SOFTWARE!
Today, I was talking with my student who made the ‘Product Checker’ .( https://peteslab.com/student-creates-a-quality-test-tool/) He reminded me of the importance of English in his use of Python and SQL to make his Product checker. Below is a list of ten of the major software tools that are English-based. Top 10 technical fields/tools that are heavily […]
📚🍻’BOOKS ‘n BEER this week: ‘In Watermelon Sugar.’
Here we are yesterday at the bar, struggling with ‘In Watermelon Sugar’ by Richard Brautigan. Its a sort of dystopian-utopia story and one of the craziest things I have ever read. But, very interesting! The papers are some AI analyses on the book, which often turn out to be wrong! You can see some of […]
🎤👩🏼🎤🎶STUDENT WINS CHATUSHKA SINGING CONTEST!
A student of mine recently won a singing contest in traditional Chatushka music! Contestants had to randomly draw papers from a large box and then sing the lines that were on the papers! Her prize was a traditional ‘Platok’, pictured below. CONGRATULATIONS! 🎊