Welcome - Bem Vindo - to 2015

Well, here we are with a bright new opportunity to get everything back into order.

I'm sure that you have all resolved to dedicate more time to trying to make your English as good as your Portuguese. I know I did. I have spent the last few weeks studying ways of improving my use of English, practiced my listening by playing Audio-books and watching a lot of those films I had set aside to watch during the holiday period.
I have read a lot and practiced some ONLY English conversations, and I am happy to say that I am feeling revitalized. I am fully ready to get on with things and make this the best year ever.

So, let's see what you have been doing.

Normally you'd have 1 class a week of 1.5 hours. That would be 6 hours a month. 11 months, if we discount the weeks of holiday you probably took, so that comes to 66 hours a year. Last year you were happy with 3 days of classes to keep your English swinging and constantly  improving to the point of becoming almost fluent. Probably not.
Imagine if you were to dedicate 3 days to your profession, being one and a half hours a week. Of course, it might take you a little bit longer to get that promotion, that new car, that house or dream holiday, but then again that was all the time you could find to dedicate to such an unimportant event.

And it seems that tomorrow will come along and miraculously, you will be a fluent speaker of English, But tomorrow never comes. It has to be today and your knowledge and use of English is becoming as critical as the many other skills you have to hone, to get ahead.

Just in case you've forgotten, the Internet provides an immense source of material for most of your needs. Many of you have the latest in Cell-phones and other portable devices, all with their own dedicated APPs to help you with your English. You can learn so much from these resources alone.
Now, a great number of you have regular classes, and for the lucky ones, supplemental material sent out on a weekly basis. Roughly 10% of my mailing list respond in some way to this material. Those 10% who do are well on their way to doubling their involvement in English and English Fluency.

LET'S MAKE 2015 A MEMORABLE YEAR, A YEAR WHERE YOUR ENGLISH TAKES OFF AND JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.