https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZe32aUfdHs&feature=youtu.be%20 Speaking English and meeting new people can be difficult for the ESL speaker. Check out our short video that gives great tips on meeting new people by speaking English. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Columbus-An Ohioan who lived in Wuhan, China, for 6 years released a book that helps the shy, foreign, or frustrated to improve English-speaking skills. Seeking Balance: The ultimate guide to English-speaking excellence for the shy, foreign, or frustrated focuses on providing useful tips on what to say in conversation. The author, John McGory, says his …
My name is John McGory of the American Speech Company. I am an experienced English instructor and author has who has room for a few Chinese students wishing to improve their spoken English skills. My background included teaching spoken English at Jianghan University in Wuhan, China for 6 years (2014-2020). I received the university’s Foreign …
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Continual isolation from humans can negatively impact the long-term communication skills of young adults and their ability to be happy, according to John McGory of the American Speech Company. “Unhappiness is clearly growing worldwide the longer social isolation continues. Parents and friends need to make a concentrated effort to make sure the young adults in …
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America rushes to open up in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Stores, gyms, and restaurants now welcome people while deaths and new cases continue to mount. What’s going to happen? Wuhan, the city where the virus started, began opening up several weeks ago. I spent six years in Wuhan, China, returning to the U.S. …
“Do Americans really think that freedom trumps everything, even life?” My friend, Qiong Zheng, asked me this perplexing question this morning on WeChat, China’s omnipresent social media platform, along with a photo of Americans holding guns while congregating in front of Michigan’s state capitol to protest that state’s lockdown. Jane (her English name) teaches accounting …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1KTRX-neVQ%20 A 50-minute virtual town hall meeting from CGTNs Front Line on CCTV. The program discusses Wuhan and its struggles while John McGory discusses dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Here is John McGory’s April 9 interview on CNN’s Headline News. He discusses the impact of living in Wuhan and the United States during the coronavirus outbreak and gives advice on surviving the pandemic. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
April 1 starts month four of my life fighting the joy-killing coronavirus. The coronavirus kicked the door down to my quiet existence in Wuhan in early January, stealing joy while leaving behind a trail of death. Quarantine has been in effect the large majority of my days starting January 23. What lessons have been learned …
Life’s been tough lately. My family got the old one, two combination last week as the coronavirus showed its teeth and my 49-year-old sister, Kelly, died suddenly in her sleep on Thursday. The two blows to the head rattled me. My reality spun out of control like the punch-drunk fighter taking an eight count on …
