How Learning a Second Language Helped My Teaching Joe Germinario March 1, 2021 As an Anglophone in Montréal, I’ve always had a second language in my life, but growing up in an English neighborhood, I spoke very little French. We didn’t speak it at home. I went to an English school and all my friends […]
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Keeping your Kids Occupied during COVID Jordie Struck February 27, 2021 Spring break is coming, and we’re still under lockdown. A year ago, everything was novel, and we were all scrambling to adapt. I like to think that now we are more seasoned, that we are somewhat battle-tested, that we know how to handle the
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Learning English One Step at a Time Joe Germinario February 23, 2021 Whenever we set out to achieve long-term goals, a great way to ensure our success is by defining smaller, achievable steps that lead us to our objectives . Most of the time, these steps are quite clear-cut. If your goal is to run
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Burnout in the Age of Covid Jordie Struck February 18, 2021 It seems like as if/ everywhere I look people are discussing burnout. My feed is filled with articles about “The Signs of Burnout”, “How to Deal with Burnout”, “How to be Creative during a Burnout,” etc. The list goes on and on. No surprise
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The First Sentence Joe Germinario February 16, 2021 Over the last decade, I’ve either been living and travelling abroad or teaching English as a second language in Montreal. And every time I was in another country, trying to learn the local language, I took it as an opportunity to test out my language teaching methods
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Ten Shows for English Students Jordie Struck February 4, 2021 Watching television can be a great way to increase the input, learn some new expressions and vocabulary, and attune your ears to your target language. It’s also fun work. Many students ask me for recommendations, so I compiled a list of my 10 favourite shows
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Reaping the Dividends of Investing in Yourself Jordie Struck January 28, 2021 How do you invest in yourself? Do you invest time in learning, reading, or developing your skills? Exercising your body, or creating something new? Do you invest resources in growing your business, caring for yourself, or giving yourself gifts? Sometimes we lose sight
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Book Review: Linchpin Jordie Struck January 21, 2021 Offhand, I can’t think of a more inspiring book than Linchpin. It has completely changed the way I see professional life and work. Written by Seth Godin, the premise of the book is that we are all artists and that we need to give more free gifts
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It Just Hasn’t Happened Yet Jordie Struck January 14, 2021 Is there something you’re working towards? Do you have a goal? Have you achieved it? Many of us have our eyes on a bigger prize. We are trying to get to that next level at work or trying to start our own business or trying
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Book Review: The Personal MBA Jordie Struck January 7, 2021 In his book The Personal MBA, author Josh Kaufman has crafted an amazing resource for entrepreneurs at any stage of their business’s development—or, indeed of their own development. Kaufman’s thesis, the raison d’être of his book, is to encourage people by emphasizing that you don’t
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