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Cultivating your English #20(of 20): Golden rules and thank you

❤️"A language cannot be taught. One can only create conditions for learning to take place."❤️ Wilhelm von Humboldt (Un idioma no puede ser enseñado. Solo se...

Cultivating your English #19(of 20): The positive side of problems

❤️“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”❤️― Howard...

Cultivating your English #18(of 20): The quality of your questions

❤️“The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself”❤️― Anthony Robbins This quote is really more...

Cultivating your English #17: Learning is good for you

❤️“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”❤️ Wayne Dyer Hi guys, I wanted to remind you of how educational and fun it can...

Cultivating your English #16: Crazy ideas and analysing difficult quotes

❤️“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has”❤️ Margaret Mead. Hi there...

Cultivating your English #15: Teachers as learners, learners as teachers

❤️“To teach is to learn twice.”❤️ Joseph Joubert. I love this simple quote from Joubert although I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. Personally I...

Cultivating your English #14: Bananas, bouncing and win-win-wins

❤️"You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.”❤️ Geoffrey Willans Hi there cultivators! George sent me a great example of how...

Cultivating your English #12+1: güisqui, guateques and the magic of language

❤️"The structure of language determines not only thought, but reality itself."❤️ Noam Chomsky Thanks to Angel, one of the readers, who sent me this...

Cultivating your English #12: Pyramid power and the most effective way to learn

❤️"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach"❤️ George Bernard Shaw ❤️"Those who can't do, teach. And those who can't teach, teach gym"❤️ Woody Allen Thanks...

Cultivating your English #11: Cats, bags, beans and potatoes

❤️“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”❤️ Unclear origin...

Cultivating your English #10: Universal languages

❤️”A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”❤️ William Arthur Ward One of my subscribers- FFW, an English writer and translator living in Spain...

Cultivating your English #9: Converting mistakes into birds

❤️“There is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.”❤️ Robin WIlliams Thanks for your feedback...

Cultivating your English #8: Can lifts be racist?

❤️“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery."❤️ Amy Chua Some more great feedback from Daniel, thanks mate! “I feel proud of being in...

Cultivating your English #7: Ludicrous missions

♥️"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."♥️ Unknown (but not Einstein!) Rosa said the following regarding...

Cultivating your English #6: Floating boats and bags of frogs

♥️“Once you stop learning, you start dying”♥️ Albert Einstein Learning English in 1967 Vs learning English in 2021…. A whole different bag of frogs! This is...

Cultivating your English #5: Rome wasn’t built in a day

♥️“You either get the result that you wanted or the lesson that you needed”♥️ James Wedmore Today’s newsletter is a little reminder that effective...

Cultivating your English: #4 : Find the time, do the work, get the results

❤️ 'If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you don't get the results.' - Arnold Schwarzenegger ❤️ I love helping people with their English,...

Cultivating your English: #3 Do you speak “bad” English perfectly?

♥️“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”♥️ Henry Ford (Spoiler alert: You can😉) Thanks to Marta and Daniel’s help, inspiration...

Cultivating your English: #2 The camino se hace when you walk (or ski/kayak)

♥️“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”♥️ Frank Zappa This is the second of 20 emails between now and 9th July which will help...

Cultivating your English: #1 Fruity inspiration

♥️“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”♥️ Czech proverb. This is the first of 20 emails between now and 9th July which will help Janet and you...