I blame that Simon Thomas over at efl-resource. It's all his fault. And I'm still not sure whether it's "zip zap zop" or "zig zag zog" or something else entirely! I've inherited a class, which Simon once taught back in... Continue Reading →
Spotted a post on Larry Ferlazzo the other day about http://www.fotobabble.com/ - a "talking photo" service that "lets you add your voice to any photo in seconds". Exam classes anyone? I'm very excited by the possibility of learners having a picture task... Continue Reading →
Here's a brief lesson I put together for my CPE class the other day, though it's also useful for anyone teaching IELTS. It's basically learner centred and learner generated, with minimal preparation and is adaptable to either exam. The Lesson... Continue Reading →
I'll be honest, I don't really know much about Habitat for Humanity. I'm mentioning them here because they posted a comment under one of the blog posts and I just went and took a quick look at their site. They... Continue Reading →
An interesting post by Deborah Capras on the Business Spotlight blog relating to Microsoft's recent billion dollar purchase of Skype. She raises the question: Doesn’t $8.5 billion seem a lot of money for a verb I use almost every day for free? Which... Continue Reading →
An alternative to the work through it together option... Basically, you need two different open cloze tasks from a test book (or you can use the examples given in the exam handbooks available from Cambridge ESOL's teacher support site). You... Continue Reading →
Brave New World among top 10 books Americans most want banned | Books | guardian.co.uk. This is a slightly misleading and somewhat patronising view of American life, when you consider, as the article states, that this list is based on... Continue Reading →
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