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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
If you teach, you will have encountered cheating. And if you're honest, you've probably cheated yourself at some point in the past - I don't remember specific incidences of cheating from when I was at school, but I do remember... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
This Thursday (14th November 2013), I'll be giving a webinar in conjunction with the British Council's "Teaching English" website. The session is going to focus on Writing with Exam Classes, but most of it is equally applicable outside an exam... Continue Reading →
The nice people at the Really Learn English site very kindly contacted me back in August as this site had been nominated for their annual blog awards. Unfortunately, and owing to the arrival of "Language Acquisition Research Subject Number 3",... Continue Reading →
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