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Six Great Vocab Games


Here's six online vocabulary games I've been using with my classes recently: Test Your Vocab:  Not - strictly speaking - a game, this website seeks to measure the number of words you know and then tells you the size of... Continue Reading →

Why Brain Gym is a load of rubbish


I can't claim any credit for this - the original article is by the excellent debunker and Guardian journalist Ben Goldacre: Banging your head repeatedly against the brick wall of teachers’ stupidity helps increase blood flow to your frontal lobes... Continue Reading →


Pronunciation matters people!   Happy Valentine's Day.

The Learning Style Debate


I am sceptical about learning styles.  Much is made of them, CELTA and DELTA trainees are required to learn about them and to plan their lessons taking into account activities that cater to the visual, auditory or kinaesthetic sensibilities of... Continue Reading →

Language Needs in Europe Survey


Northumbria University and King's College London are running a survey to try and discover the language needs of young adults across Europe. If you teach young adults (18-24 range), you can help by completing the survey - and there is... Continue Reading →

Research Papers from “Language Teaching”


As they did last year, Cambridge Journals are offering limited access to the top 10 most requested articles in 2013 from the Language Teaching Journal. Some articles that made the list in 2012 are repeated, but there's plenty of new... Continue Reading →

#EdTech: Tablets in Education


I have a love hate relationship with my tablet.  I have a few apps that I think are genuinely useful and contribute to the smoother running of my life and a few that I keep around for reference purposes or... Continue Reading →

Ten Things Worth Further Investigation (#04)


The holiday period is over and as usual, interesting posts from other people have been piling up in my inbox, or have been glanced at and put to one side for later, more detailed, examination... (1) Arriving today, via freetech4teachers,... Continue Reading →

#IH60 Conference: Live and Online – this weekend


This Friday and Saturday (29th & 30th November respectively) sees the International House 60th Anniversary Conference, featuring a host of luminaries from the world of ELT live in the flesh in London and online to all across the web. The... Continue Reading →

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