Shira Packer – Medium

Pinned

Shira Packer
in
The Writing Cooperative

Is English Dying? Nope, But One of Its Verb Tenses Is

And it was perfect in the past

4 min readJan 16, 2022

--

73

A man walking down a street with an arrow pointed backwards.

--

73

Pinned

Shira Packer
in
The Writing Cooperative

5 Secret English Rules That Will Make You Feel Smart

The English you never learned in school

6 min readDec 19, 2021

--

26

An alphabet puzzle with some pieces out of place.

--

26

Pinned

Shira Packer
in
Better Humans

The Adventures of How I Learned Fluent Portuguese on My Own (and How You Can Too)

Plus 5 Language Learning Tips That You Can Actually Ace

6 min readNov 29, 2021

--

19

The colorful colonial Brazilian town of Ouro Preto

--

19

Shira Packer
in
Writers’ Blokke

3 Must-Have Online Writing Tools You Want in Your Life

Meet my 3 best friends

3 min readMay 8, 2023

--

Photo of 3 wrench tools

--

Shira Packer
in
Language Lab

5 Ways Language Affects the Way You Understand the World

Why is it that Chinese people frequently excel at math? Why are some Indigenous peoples, such as those in Australia, less likely to get…

6 min readSep 30, 2022

--

4

5 Ways Language Affects the Way You Understand the World

--

4

Shira Packer

Have a LaughTop Trending Diet: Floss Your Form From Fat to Fab

Sending all skinny dentists to heaven

2 min readSep 22, 2022

--

An avocado with a tape measure around it.

--

Shira Packer
in
The Writing Cooperative

The Last Article You Will Ever Need to Read About ‘That’

English explained: ‘’this’ vs. ‘that’ vs. ‘which’

8 min readFeb 9, 2022

--

4

A pile of grammar books

--

4

Shira Packer
in
Language Lab

Did You Say ‘14’ or ‘40’?

The simple secret in pronouncing everyday numbers

3 min readJan 30, 2022

--

8

Painted numbers on the street

--

8

Shira Packer
in
Lang-gauge

The ‘Crazy English’ Movement is Even Crazier Than English Itself

Validating all compulsive public shouters trying to learn English

6 min readJan 24, 2022

--

3

The ‘Crazy English’ Movement is Even Crazier Than English Itself

--

3

Shira Packer
in
ILLUMINATION

When Your Arabian Camel Runs Off With Your Passport into the Desert Horizon

And 3 lessons learned when these things do happen

6 min readJan 21, 2022

--

7

A camel walking through the desert

--

7

Shira Packer

Shira Packer

Lover of all things culture and language. University English Teacher, 5-language speaker, 50-country traveler, 1-kid mom. Hoping to make you go ‘hmmmm’.

Following

See all (2,337)

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams