Essential ELT Blogs you should read (in alphabetical order)
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Punctuation..? A review
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[image: A review of Thomas Bohm's Punctuation..?]
Definition
Macmillan defines it as “the use of marks such as full stops or commas in
order to write in ...
10 years ago
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The Noticing and Personalising Language Conundrum
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Here is a free PowerPoint presentation I made in collaboration with
Riccardo Chiappini. As the title suggests, we talk about how to get
students to notice ...
3 years ago
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Training for the Unpredictable
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Improvisation by the teacher, both within and outside the lesson plan, are
part of responding to the unpredictable learning moves of the student. It
is a n...
9 years ago
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Active fast speaking enables fast listening …
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Learning to speak short phrases fast and fluently unlocks the ability to
listen to rapid connected speech. It is not unlike learning to play and
listen t...
5 years ago
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Welcome A Board
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Have you got mini-whiteboards for classroom use? If you haven't, or haven't
ever seen them, this post will be in part a warm recommendation of them.
But l...
10 years ago
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Protected: Program Design: Principles Discussion Summary
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
7 years ago
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The Extraordinary and the Ordinary in the Language
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I’m doing a Course on Understanding English dictionaries from Macmillan and
Coventry University at Futurelearn.com (Link:
https://www.futurelearn.com/cours...
4 years ago
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Goosechase with Me?
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Unsplash
From online tools to mobile apps, there is a myriad of choices for
educators and learners to engage with. Consider this infographic on
messaging...
3 years ago
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New beginnings
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Hello dear readers This blog has been inactive for such a long time that
some of you may think it has died. But no J, here I am again, teaching and
bloggin...
5 years ago
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Hybrid courses
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In the summer of 2021, I had the pleasure of attending a hybrid congress in
Berlin: Die Grünen were kicking off their election campaign. The highlight
of...
1 year ago
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a question of trust
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There is a basic relationship of trust that needs to be in place for a
student to learn from a teacher, and for a teacher to teach a student. The
student ...
6 years ago
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ReadTheory
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I'm always on the lookout for new edtech tools to improve student reading
skills. Check out my Wakelet collection with Online Reading Tools.
This year I ...
3 years ago
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This blog is no longer updated.
8 years ago
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5 Innovative Ways to use YouTube in the Language Classroom
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We all know how engaging videos can be – it’s so easy to get sucked into
YouTube and spend hours watching everything from wildlife documentaries, to
offi...
3 years ago
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New Blog
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I no longer post here, but I have a new blog I have called The Trivial
Round. Advertisements Filed under: Language
6 years ago
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Career Discombobulation
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DISCLAIMER: If you’re looking for useful ELT content, look no further.
Seriously, stop reading now. Stewing in the stew Some big changes are on
the hori...
7 years ago
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Break
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Apologies for the light activity around here for the past year. I’ve been
extremely busy for some time, and as such, my posting rate has slowed
greatly. In...
9 years ago
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Julie’s story: ELT Freelancing in France for over 30 years
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This past week I met Julie Cummings-Debrot, a freelancer with her own
company here in Paris – for a cup of coffee and a chat about teaching in
France, co...
11 years ago
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You’re not from round here, are you?
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I was out with friends having a perfectly fine Sunday somewhere down near
the Thames in Berkshire. We were joined by a couple and the first thing
that was ...
8 years ago
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Learning the hard way (again!)
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Another academic year is well underway. How are your new classes going? I'm
happy with my groups this year - only four different levels, which is
definitel...
8 years ago
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The Day a Bunch of Kisses Turned into Magic
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It has been a long, looong while since I’ve last written here, in my blog.
And before the last time it had also been a long while. I could use this
post to...
9 years ago
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Emergent phonology
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I’m teaching a group of C1 students at the moment. They’re university
lecturers and the main aim of the course is to boost their confidence in
their abilit...
5 years ago
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7 more ways native speakers can effectively communicate internationally
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This article was first published on etprofessional.com, where I am a
resident blogger. This is the final part of a 4-parter. You can read Part 1
here, Part...
5 years ago
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This Teacher Used This One Awesome Trick When Teaching and You Won’t
Believe What happened Next (or how I learned to get learners talking in
fewer than ten photocopies)
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There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces
that you meet¹ What do The Japanese Civil War, Batman vs Superman and
“Tidying G...
7 years ago
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RSCON5 is almost here!
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I stumbled upon this quote from Lowell Milken and I thought it rather apt.
“The only people who develop human potential and character as a calling are
educ...
9 years ago
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Reflective practice and the business English teacher
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Business English teachers are a bit of an unusual species in the ELT jungle
you might say. They don´t spend their time with four year olds singing
songs ab...
9 years ago
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A Sequestered Travelogue
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*Notice: this is a bit off-topic, but I hope you’ll find it entertaining.*
Like most people in our region I’m stuck at home sheltering from Covid-19
and ...
3 years ago
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ELT Hackathon
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Hackathons have become part of the professional lexicon in Berlin. The
event, which can last anything from one day to a whole weekend and
sometimes a whole...
9 years ago
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When didn't the wheels fall off? #tdsigcarnival
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*This post has been written as my contribution to the IATEFL TDSIG 2017 Web
Carnival**- if you happen to be reading this post on or before the morning
of t...
7 years ago
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Dreame on
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The Ucheldre Centre have just sent me the leaflet with details of Ben's
Dreame fortnight - an Elizabethan-style adaptation of A Midsummer Night's
Dream - i...
5 years ago
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Links and Downloads not working thanks to dropbox
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dropbox is not hosting links or downloads anymore.
Try downloading the quiz files as html files here here
or everything in a zip file here
You shouldn't...
7 years ago
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Some thoughts on giving feedback
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This is a somewhat off the cuff post, having been asked by a UK based
non-ELT teacher as to how ELT teachers tend to give feedback. Obviously I
can’t answ...
2 years ago
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Rock Mclimbing*
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“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount
Everest, or to the top of your career.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, one-time
President o...
10 years ago
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A New Dawn
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The koan A certain Bowie, first name Derek, was beginning as the new
Director of Studies. He had a terrible stutter. The staff went more pallid
than an unc...
4 years ago
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Improving listening sub-skills with music
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In the summer, I’d done a few activities with music, one of which was
blogged about here: We are the …
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10 years ago
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The last post (I think…)
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The first post on this blog was written in 2009. It was titled ‘Disturbing
the Calm’, a concept which underpinned my vision and my work long past the
origi...
1 year ago
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Top Tips for Young Learner Teachers: Teacher Training Workshop
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I gave a recent workshop on some of the best tips for teaching young
learners. Please find the workshop video below. Enjoy!
7 years ago
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A picture is worth a thousand words
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We thought you’d like another post from Brazil…… :), this time from a
prolific lady eltpics contributor who really needs little introduction. ‘To
know her ...
9 years ago
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Nationalities
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Some *nationalities *have nouns for referring two people. For example: a
Finn, a Spaniard, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab.
For most *nationalities *we can...
1 year ago
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Task-Based Learning for One-to-One BE Contexts. My Talk at the #BESIG
Summer Symposium
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Here’s the link to my talk in Paris at the IATEFL BESIG Summer symposium:
https://connectpro10829081.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p56ud0lz5d7/?launcher=fals...
11 years ago
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Diffit
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Diffit is an amazing tool. It saves teachers time by helping them create
personalized resources that are just right for each student’s needs. With
Diffit, ...
5 months ago
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IATEFL BESIG Annual Conference 3-5 November 2023
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Thanks to Clarice Chan for the photograph.
This is the first blog post I have written in a while, but I really wanted
to say a few words about an even...
5 months ago
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Girls just wanna….
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This post is related to a question I posted on Facebook on 3rd January,
2017. Nothing like starting the year with a wallop. Skip it if you don’t
want your...
7 years ago
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A Brave New World
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Downward dog with bum held high and fingers splayed on either side,
Stretching chest towards the floor, high on tiptoes, squeeze in core.
Back is easing, sh...
4 years ago
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Would you like to hear the good news or the bad news first? – A Guest
Lesson by Myles Klynhout
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In this lesson students will be encouraged to notice how they naturally
react to news in their own language, and highlight how they could perform
the same ...
7 years ago
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Rethinking AI’s Role in Education: Purpose and Questions
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I’ve recently attended an event in which there was very brief talk followed
by dinner with other educators. In addition to general conversations about
the ...
3 weeks ago
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New Viralelt Post – Do not enter
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New post (“Please do not enter“) over at Viralelt. Filed under: 1
9 years ago
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2012 in review
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for
this blog. Thanks for reading, watching, and special thanks to those who
have take...
11 years ago
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The Bullet or the Ballot Lesson Plan
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The Bullet or the Ballot Lesson Plan Craig Wherlock (Greece) shares a
lesson plan he uses to encourage students to think critically about the
civil righ...
2 years ago
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Eğitim ve Eğitim’de yayınlanan röportajımız:
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ETZ17 bu sefer de “Sihire Yolculuk” diyor Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi
(ETZ) 4. kez 4 Mart 2017`de yapılacak. Bu yılki tema “Sihire Yolculuk”.
Etkinliği ço...
7 years ago
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#ELTchat summary on Sugata Mitra and 25 Questions He Needs To Answer
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On Saturday 5th of April at the IATEFL conference in Harrogate, Sugata
Mitra delivered a plenary session that proved to be acclaimed and vilified
at the...
10 years ago
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OUP Webinar: Using Games for win-win learning
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Attending webinars from the comfort of your own home is a fantastic
experience!
*Image courtesy of google images*
This morning I attended an excellent OUP...
6 years ago
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What my kids teach me about elearning design
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I reflected (or, more accurately, quipped) recently on social media about
the benefits of being a learning designer for dads, as a follow up to the
sharing...
10 years ago
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Each To Their Own.
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It’s fairly typical to have different levels of learner within language
schools. Whether or not you agree with the thinking behind this, it is
common in mo...
11 years ago
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Opening the Door to AI in Language Learning
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As I continue to share TESOL 2024 highlights, the door will now open to
ChatGPT and other AI-powered tools. More than one post will be needed to
pass along...
7 hours ago
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No Kid Needs 48 Pencils The First Day of School
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As an elementary teacher for 21 years, I know there were supplies I asked
for that never got used – …
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6 years ago
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Where do ideas come from?
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I didn’t want to write this blog post. I still don’t want to but events,
and the ever-grinding wheels of the ELT rumour mill, make it almost
unavoidable. C...
6 years ago
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Throwing Back Tokens’ Change of Venue
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Hello dear readers, My apologies for the confusion, but I have moved my
blog over to a new address, www.throwingbacktokens.wordpress.com. Please
click on t...
9 years ago
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I'm returning to edublogging!
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It's been around eleven years since I was last referred to as Queen of the
EduELT blogosphere, when Kalinago English had a readership of around a
million...
1 year ago
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Books I wrote…
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Since I first became a published author of English Language Teaching
materials fifty years ago in 1971, I have contributed to another 30+ ELT
publications....
3 years ago
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A move to WordPress
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Hi all,
A big thank you to everyone for your support over the past two years.
Realizing that this blog keeps growing and that the options for making it
na...
10 years ago
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‘The Importance of Failure’ Lesson Plan
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This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Failing
Upwards and the themes of success and failure. Students learn vocabulary
related to ...
4 days ago
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What is a word?
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Dictionaries struggle to precisely define the nature of their core
commodity.Cambridge defines a word as a single unit of language that has
meaning and ca...
4 days ago
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No, I'm not a 'proficient English language speaker'
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I’ve just been on Dave’s ESL Cafe. Not because I want to work 60 hours a
week in a ropey kindergarten, but to see how companies are wording their
recruitme...
8 years ago
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News Quiz 2023: follow up
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*Activities for reviewing and recycling the language **from News Quiz 2023*
Image credits: Isaac Mayne/DCMS, Steve Swayne [Public Domain];
Les Zg [CC BY-...
3 months ago
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3 Free Technologies to Help Students Learn to Read
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Once taught through traditional methods, the fundamental skill of reading
has become much easier to acquire via the use of technology. Technology
provides ...
7 months ago
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7 reasons to learn a foreign language
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I didn’t choose English so much as it chose me. Somehow it crept its way
into my life and ended up shaping my education, my interests, and my
career. Tod...
4 months ago
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Stories behind Words: Hogmanay
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This post from the Stories behind Words series is from 2014. Happy 2021
everyone! 31st December, the last night of the year in the Western
calendar, is ce...
3 years ago
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4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager
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by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not
come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like
these, it se...
1 year ago
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Why Should Teachers Blog?
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Last week, I was inducting some new teachers into our school: preparing
them for their teaching career for the year ahead. We looked at various
areas about...
7 years ago
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Partially Informed Notes about English Instructors at Universities in
Vietnam
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Long-time readers of this blog might not be aware that I left Korea in
2019! Greetings from Ho Chi Minh City! A dear friend of mine is coming to
Vietnam so...
5 months ago
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Stop in the name of love: no more autoplay, Mark, please
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OK. Yeah, it has been ages since the last time I wrote a post here...But,
you know, life, work or maybe my lazy fingers...OK. I have been reading
these pos...
9 years ago
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Images of the Week: New 2023 Updates
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If you’re serious about turning your blog into a business, then you need to
start thinking about ways to grow your audience. Depending on your niche,
the...
9 months ago
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When Students Jump To Conclusions – A new VISUAL LESSON
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There are days when I think I should begin awarding certificates for
“long jumps” – some of my students excel at jumping! Jumping to
conclusions, that i...
2 weeks ago
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A Slither of Justice
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Agatha Christie meets Black Mirror. That’s how I would describe a book I
just finished listening to, called The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn
Hardcastle (or curio...
5 years ago
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Teaching English with Technology – does it work? Part 2
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This post continues to address the question posed in Part 1: Do digital
technologies actually help students learn English? I pose two more
statements and c...
6 years ago
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The Teachers' Classroom App - By PeacheyPublications
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The Teachers' Classroom App - By PeacheyPublications
This app has been designed to help teachers in the physical and remote
classroom.
- The app is...
1 year ago
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Teachwise - A platform to save time and reduce stress for teachers
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Over the last couple of years the teaching profession has gone through
huge changes and most of these have seen more demands put on teachers and
greater...
2 years ago
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The Look of Love: El Palacete Rodríguez Quegles
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The 25th Canarian Jazz Festival came to an end on 24th July, stretching
over more than 2 weeks, entertaining thousands throughout the archipelago,
bringing...
7 years ago
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Settling for a compromise?
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I haven’t written a post for quite some time and I’d like to talk a bit
about my classes and the extent to which Dogme is playing a part. My blog
is called...
11 years ago
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Solace in the perfect conditional
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I would have loved to hear you sing to me, underneath the autumn leaves
of our favourite tree, looking up to the clear vivid celestial blue skies.
I woul...
11 years ago
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Helping Advanced Students Overcome The Language Learning Plateau
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When it comes to learning a language, the journey is as important as the
destination. This is particularly true for advanced learners who often
encounter...
1 day ago
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10 Tips to Use ChatGPT
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Here are some tips that will help you while you use ChatGPT: 1. Be
Specific: Make clear and specific questions or prompts for better
responses. Example: Va...
8 months ago
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Racist pronunciation work
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I’ve never been a fan of pron work. Back in the day, students learned the
symbols then spent hours in the lab listening to natives and covering
themselves ...
11 years ago
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Developing Teachers with a Growth Mindset
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This is a guest post by Gabriella Lawson, Teacher Developer for Monash
College English Language Centre. Gaby is responsible for helping to
develop teachers...
4 years ago
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As well as being an adjective (a pretty girl, pretty flowers) etc, pretty
can be an adverb
- modifying an adjective:
- She's pretty intelligent ...
2 years ago
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Seven Mind Mapping Tools to Try This Year
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Earlier this week a reader emailed me to ask for my suggestions for online
mind mapping tools for her students to use this fall. My preference is
often to...
7 months ago
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What advice would you have for newly qualified teachers?
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I recently wrote another guest blog post for SGI. Having been asked to
share some thoughts on advice that would be worth passing on to newly
qualified teac...
11 years ago
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D is for Dictionary
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(This post was timed to coincide with the most recent update of the
Macmillan English Dictionary, and first appeared on the Macmillan
Dictionary blog here...
6 years ago
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Remote Teaching and COVID-19
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Times of Change At this point in time communication is changing in
unprecedented ways that have yet to reveal themselves clearly. The COVID-19
crisis has b...
3 years ago
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AI Tools to Fuel Student Imagination
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“I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific
discoveries couldn’t have happened without imagination. Art, music, and
literature cou...
7 months ago
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Banjaxed and bockety words in Ireland
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‘Lucky might get going all of a sudden. Then we’d be banjaxed.’ (Samuel
Beckett, Waiting for Godot) Banjaxed and bockety are a fun pair of words in
the Iri...
5 weeks ago
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Bailout – how one teacher used this ad!
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Hi everyone We’ve come out of summer break to share with you all a post we
came across via Twitter on The Teacher James’ blog. We really liked the way
he e...
11 years ago
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About This Site
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Who is This Blog Written For? This blog is mainly written for English
language teachers, although other teachers who are interested in using
technology or ...
5 years ago
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Language Matters - Genre Analysis: Customer Reviews
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Below you will find eight customer reviews of tourist attractions in the UK
taken from tripadvisor.com
Can you identify one feature of content and at lea...
5 days ago
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My first post
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There are over 133 million blogs on the Internet. To assume that there is
something in the 133,000,001st is a bit presumptuous, so say the least. Continue
...
14 years ago
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Test item analysis
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9 hours ago
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New articles for ESL learners page
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I’ve mainly written articles on how to teach this, that and the other, so I
only recently thought to make a page with links to all of my articles for
peopl...
1 month ago
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Left for dead
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Q: I’m curious when the phrase “left for dead” became common usage. Why is
the phrase not “left to die”? I saw the “for dead” version recently in an
arti...
4 days ago
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10 factors that may (or may not) influence how successful technology is for
you in a classroom
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The list below — for the purposes of debate only — is for a forthcoming
workshop I'll be doing (yes, I know, I did say I'd retired, but I couldn't
resist t...
7 years ago
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The 2020 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver
2.4
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8 Sevgili Hocalarim, We have entered a brand-spanking-new DECADE…and while
it may not have got off to the “best” start… I’m kinda hoping that this
LATEST U...
4 years ago
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Love to @TDSIG
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Six years ago, I wrote a love letter to teaching associations as my time on
our local TESL Toronto Committee was coming to an end. Much of my
perspective o...
1 year ago
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Support for the Swiss Federal English Exam of the
Direktionassistenten/-innen Course
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Are you considering taking the Swiss Federal English Exam of the
Direktionassistenten/innen Course (Berufsprüfung
Direktionsassistent/-innen)? The Loras Ne...
7 years ago
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Principles for Meaningful Technology Integration
* Principles for Meaningful Technology Integration * from *Vicky Saumell*
Presented at *11th Anglo Congr...
8 years ago
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Giving the gift
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I may be writng from the heart of a woman and so writing for women mainly
but anyone can find something in this post (if you are looking for balance
and un...
10 years ago
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Top 10 ELT books never written
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In no particular order and without any criteria, here are (in my expert
opinion) the best books in English Language ...
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8 years ago
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