Hi, everyone. I’m so excited to share some BIG NEWS with you all! I’ve been waiting such a long time for this, and now it’s finally happening. My big secret is that I’ve been working very hard, for many years, behind the scenes on my Chinese, and now I am thrilled to let you know […]
‘I need to work on my English but I am so busy!’ ‘My English needs help but I have no idea where to start.’ ‘I wish I could have a teacher who could help me whenever I needed it.’ Does this sound familiar? Well, your wish is my command. After hearing these kinds of things […]
‘Oh my god. I had no idea.’ This is something I heard several times a day in my English Confidence Boo(s)tcamp last week. The day was full of awesome people who were willing to take a deep dive with me into the wonderful world of grammar, pronunciation, writing skills and vocabulary development. This is what […]
Let’s talk about formality in English. English is different from so many languages because we don’t have a formal or informal way of saying ‘you’. We just say…’you’. So how do we show if the situation is formal or informal? We use different words to express this. I’d like to share 3 tips when it […]
In my series of interviews for MT.nl I talk to high-level entrepeneurs in the business world about their tips and mistakes. This episode: Merijn Everaarts, founder of Dopper. Click on the picture below for the full article.
Hi there! How is your week treating you so far? I hope it’s off to a smashing start! As you know, I’m always trying to find ways to make English learning fun, fast, easy, and convenient. And now, as my loyal newsletter reader, I’m so excited to share something with you FIRST, before I announce […]
First off, thank you all for your kind reactions to my last newsletter. Wow, there is so much love out there. And some of you, strangers all, even contributed to my new B.DEAL (Buffi Duberman Education and Language) Foundation, which I founded to help give children equal access to (language) education in remote areas of […]
I’m writing you this from Bali. Oh, Bali. The place I was terrified to visit on my own. I had no idea what I was doing and it was my first time travelling solo. Well, a LOT has happened since then. I arrived here and hit the road running. And so I started preparing for […]
Do you recognize any of these mistakes? Click on the picture for the article.
I’m doing something this week that terrifies me. It’s kept me up at night, brought me to tears, taken up a lot of space in my journal, and made me question everything over and over again. What is it? I’m going to Bali. Alone. To teach English. I don’t know where the school is. I don’t […]
