Here's a nice infographic from the Kaplan blog about words with multiple meanings. I can think of three immediate ways to exploit this with a class: (1) Prediction - give students the keywords. Students then think of as many phrases... Continue Reading →
This is a ten minute presentation I gave at the recent International House Teachers' Online Conference (IHTOC60) on the Tai Chi of Reading. The basic premise is that there are certain movements or forms that exist within the Tai Chi... Continue Reading →
For those that may have missed it, here are the slides (as pdf) from the webinar I gave at the IH Teachers' Online Conference on 3rd November. The session was a look at common problems learners have with writing for... Continue Reading →
There seems to be a lot of anti-testing sentiment prevalent in the teaching world at the moment. There's a particular degree of vitriol that seems to be reserved for standardised testing, but which has tapped a general anti-educational zeitgeist and... Continue Reading →
