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The future of language schools?


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 →

Ten Things worth Further Investigation (#01)


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 →

teflgeek on paternity leave!


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 →

Making Mistakes & Error Correction


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 →

Film English: MOVE, LEARN, EAT


    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 →

Not everybody has smart boards…


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 →

Thank you to the Tefl Twitterati!


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 →

Another Guardian TEFL live Q&A


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 →

The disabled access friendly world blog challenge: Creature Discomforts


Following on from the recent blog challenge on raising awareness of disability access issues, I came across the Leonard Cheshire Disability campaign whilst watching Shaun the Sheep dvds with my daughter. The campaign is called "Creature Discomforts" and has very... Continue Reading →

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