I've recently just finished teaching an Elementary business group, as part of which some extensive record keeping was required, and for the first time I actually kept a bibliography for the course. It makes interesting reading and what struck me... Continue Reading →
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 81,000 times in 2012. If it were... Continue Reading →
The Cambridge Journal "Language Teaching" is offering access to "the 10 most downloaded papers" of 2012 - without charge! The articles are: So to get hold of the articles just follow the links below (which I just cut and past... Continue Reading →
In his webinar at the recent International House Teachers' Online Conference, Shaun Wilden mentioned Muzy.com. Muzy is one of my many "takeaways" from Shaun's session - and for want of a better description is an online photo collage generator. You... Continue Reading →
Though in actual fact there have been several starts and beginnings since the end of August - I started work again on the 3rd September, #ELTChat kicked off again on the 12th, and classes started off again on 17th September... Continue Reading →
Imagine being in a room. The only door is locked but somewhere in the room there is a key. What do you do? It's simple enough really. Find the key, unlock the door and leave the room. Now imagine that... Continue Reading →
About a month ago I put up "A brief survey of working conditions in ELT". The survey is still live, so if you haven't contributed and would like to, then feel free! The initial results of the survey have been... Continue Reading →
The Guardian today has a fantastic collection of time lapse videos gathered from the far reaches of the internet. One of the most visually appealing is the "Terra Sacra Time Lapses" (as below), which has landscapes and locations from 24... Continue Reading →
So anyone thinking of going to IATEFL next year, it's running between the 8th and 12th of April in Liverpool. Check out all the application and registration dates, as well as the conference fees via the link: http://www.iatefl.org/liverpool-2013/liverpool-2013
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