Today I gave a presentation at the APPI / British Council BritLit 10th Anniversary celebrations in Coimbra. You can see the presentation slides below - and in due course I'm planning to do a you tube 15 minute version of... Continue Reading →
Not a teflgeek competition I hasten to add, but a competition sponsored by the Disabled Access Friendly Blog. If you are a budding materials designer / ELT writer - then this competition will be good way to get a great... Continue Reading →
What’s the difference between a VLE and a LMS? Nothing – apparently. There was some confusion over the terms and whether there was a difference between them or not, whether they might represent the difference between synchronous (live interaction) and... Continue Reading →
Like the cuckoo heralding spring, the first #ELTChat of the year has arrived. As many teachers around the world are getting ready for their first lessons with new classes, this chat aimed at sharing ideas and strategies for starting things off on... Continue Reading →
Dropping through the door of the school this morning was a lovely bundle of goodies from CELA (Cambridge English Language Assessment): the latest copy of "Research Notes", several posters and two books! I guess this is one of the perks... Continue Reading →
All this year, International House have been running events and competitions to celebrate their 60th anniversary - regular readers may remember the IHTOC60 (IH Teachers Online Conference) back in May and "The Tai Chi of Reading". During the Online Conference,... Continue Reading →
Here's another interesting infographic from the Voxy Blog, based on data from the US State Department, looking at how hard other languages are for native English speakers to learn. Clearly, and as they point out, there are a number of caveats... Continue Reading →
The ELT Journal has just released a back catalogue of articles published in their "Key Concepts in ELT" series, available as 48 separate pdf downloads. Anyone who is thinking about doing, or already in the middle of, a DELTA or... Continue Reading →
So much of what Michael Gove comes out with in the guise of policy pronouncements is little more than the inane wittering of a gollumesque lunatic beggar suddenly thrust into power and wielding it with all the panache and finesse... Continue Reading →
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