I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Let’s hope that 2021 brings a lot more favourable memories and experiences.With that in mind, I am producing some new lessons for those who are interested in improving their listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills.These lessons will help ESL, EFL, and other English learners who want to improve one or all of these skills.  The texts I will be using are suitable for young adult and adult learners who have an average understand...

I often hear some version of the following question:“How do I study with a short attention span?”Sometimes, it is no longer a question but a statement:“I can’t study because I have a short attention span.”(I can’t study because I have ADD.  I can’t study because I have ADHD.  I can’t study because I have ___________.)This is worrying because it becomes part of a student’s identity.  Once you begin to believe you can’t, yo...