The “sweet spot” is an area on a tennis racket that is the best place to hit the ball. It’s the part you want to use – hitting in the sweet spot is going to result in the best serve or return. I’ve been wondering about The Linguist’s sweet spot. W…

I had to think about a friend of mine when I saw this blog about teaching in Korea. How would you like to leave your home, go to a foreign country whose residents speak a foreign language, and teach your language to kids? That’s exactly what my fr…

There’s nothing like positive feedback to pump you up and get you excited about what you’re doing. And best of all is when it’s unsolicited – when you don’t even ask for it. So it’s just great to see people like Tony Chiang, one of our learners fr…