Writing is probably the most difficult area for learners to improve on by themselves. Writing demands an audience and if you have no-one to tell you how successful your efforts are - or not - then you are doomed to... Continue Reading →
Well. This one was controversial. In some respects what Sugata Mitra said in his plenary on Saturday morning doesn't even matter anymore, such was the debate it sparked and which still continues via facebook and twitter. Mitra, it is clear,... Continue Reading →
Gavin Dudeney’s talk took a quick look at the possible future of technology in ELT – pulling out a number of technologies and trends and asking the audience to think of them in terms of whether they represented a Strength,... Continue Reading →
So this is the talk that I gave today - thanks to everyone who attended - I hope you enjoyed it! For anyone who wasn't there, here's the blurb for this talk: IELTS and TOEFL are widely used as equivalent... Continue Reading →
It’s been an interesting day. I’ve learnt a lot about things you should and shouldn’t do with regard to conferences. One of the things you shouldn’t do is pack your suitcase literally as you’re walking out the door to get... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
February seems to be all about tests. All my classes have just done their mid-year grammar and vocabulary tests, my exam class students have just done a mock exam and are getting ready for the real thing in March, and... Continue Reading →
Pronunciation matters people! Happy Valentine's Day.
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