Introductions Imagine you just walked into a completely strange place, a plain building with no name on the front, no signage, or other...

Appreciating a writer’s intention, understanding what they did to achieve it (which includes their writing techniques – the kind of...

Spelling is the bridge between the spoken and the written word. It’s how we convert one into the other. All children learn to speak as a...

Writing is a process Nobody sits down and tosses a great piece of writing off first try. Writing well takes time. There are four steps in...

We only need punctuation because language was originally spoken. We didn’t get the written form of English first. It’s the spoken format...

The language you use changes depending on the situation you're in, who you're talking to, and what it’s about. It's the situation or...

I could call this 'Communication Lessons from a wise old Greek'. Aristotle’s  ‘Rhetorical Triangle‘ (ethos pathos logos)  is  well known...

Public speaking makes most people nervous, but it’s like playing a sport, learning an instrument or being in a play. It’s a physical...

I’m a  great believer in debating as a life skill, and I am thrilled to see it happening so much, but you may very well have shunned...