English Endeavors

Introducing Colin and Alice

We are Colin Ward and Alice Savage, a couple of English language teachers who met at…

Gemma Media recently introduced the Yellow House Stories, Alice’s series of graded novels for adults. These…

The Performance (Note: This is part 2 of 2. It briefly reviews the previous post and…

Note: This is part 1 of 2. It introduces a drama project that attempts to engage…

According to the rules of biology, the brain evolved to be efficient. So why are emotions…

Prosody comprises both sound and meaning. Speakers who convey the intention behind a statement are communicating…

When a student turned in a paragraph that was clearly written by an A.I., I…

Monday, I asked my evening students, “What do you remember from last week?” They thought…

Being able to speak effortlessly is a great luxury. As a native speaker,…

In his ground-breaking work, The Literary Mind (1996, Oxford University Press), the cognitive scientist Mark Turner,…

At first glance, Rashid seems like a difficult guest. He’s coming out of war-torn Syria. His…