While strolling gently through the internet this morning I caught a glimpse of the possibly chilling future of language schools. And we were defunct. Shabbily dressed individuals hanging around outside railway stations bearing signs reading "Will teach for food". Or... Continue Reading →
On my browser I have a folder marked "Further Investigation". In it are contained all the links from various sources, none of which I can remember (but which were probably sourced via twitter and facebook feeds)... For what it's worth... Continue Reading →
Following the arrival of a second research subject for the teflgeek occasional series "Studies in Child Language Acquisition", teflgeek will be taking a short break in order to mostly sleep and provide respite care for Mrs teflgeek and the first... Continue Reading →
Simon Thomas answers the question "What causes ESL students to make speaking and writing errors? " quite comprehensively in a recent blog post at efl-resource.com. He looks at the differences between "mistakes" (lack of knowledge or understanding) and "slips" (performance... Continue Reading →
There's an excellent post at Kieran Donaghy's Film English site called MOVE, LEARN, EAT |. Thoroughly recommend it - even if you don't use it with a class, the video choices are inspired and worth watching simply for your... Continue Reading →
A fact that was brought home the other day when a training seminar got rescheduled because half the projected attendees didn't have Interactive Whiteboard technology available to them..... So here's a nice post from Vicky Saumell's Educational Technology in ELT... Continue Reading →
I'm not very up on twitterquette. I'm still not entirely certain that (a) I know what I'm doing, (b) I know what I should be doing, (c) I know what everybody else is doing on Twitter. My experiences thus far... Continue Reading →
Back in March the Guardian held a live Q&A chat with a panel of experts, which I mentioned on teflgeek, and they've just posted in to say that they're running another Q&A session later today (Tuesday July 12th 2011) on... Continue Reading →
