B.E.L.L. Tips

Issue #124 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) National Spelling Bee Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. 2025 marked the 100th anniversary of the renowned Scripps National Spelling Bee. Several movies and even Broadway musicals have told the stories of young hopefuls as they embark on the journey to become...

Issue #123 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) True Crime Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Americans have become obsessed with true crime. From television shows to podcasts, people just cannot get enough of true crime. The true crime genre is a storytelling form that explores real-life crimes, usually...

Issue #122 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) The Pickle Renaissance Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. From snacks to beverages, pickle flavor has infiltrated every aisle of the American grocery store. The fusion of sweet and sour has led to creations like pickle-flavored cupcakes and ice creams. Brands...

Issue #121 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Photo by Philipp Potocnik Pizza and Pipes Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Fads come and go, but there is one I remember fondly from my childhood in the U.S.: pizza joints with big organs. Yep, usually, you can only find these monstrous, magical instruments...

Issue #120 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Photo from Unsplash Microlearning Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Microlearning is a teaching method that offers short, focused lessons lasting 3-5 minutes. It helps learners easily understand and remember information. This approach simplifies complex...

Issue #119 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) The Godfather Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The Godfather is regarded as one of the...

Issue #118 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Photo by Pascal on Unsplash Hawaii Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with...

Issue #117 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Happiness Each week I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. What is the key to happiness? This is a topic that has been explored across timelines and borders, and I believe that the answer is different for everyone. For me, I find happiness in the silence; the wag of a tail,...

Issue #116 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) What is going on in the U.S. right now? Each week I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. It seems like the world is upside down right now. Multiple countries, including Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have all announced advisories against...