For those involved with CAE exam classes - I've just put up a directory of online resources which you can access here: CAE Online Resource Directory There's a mix of exam information, online practice exercises and teaching advice, so take... Continue Reading →
The car races along the road at 90mph / 145kmph, overtaking slower moving vehicles by forcing them to the side and even causing white vans to leap aside in panic. As it roars through the outskirts of the town,... Continue Reading →
I was quite impressed to spot, as a student in my class took an interminable amount of time to remove a pencil from her bag, that the science book she's currently using was called "CSI". An inspired piece of textbook... Continue Reading →
In his latest guest post on this blog, Dave Cosby thinks about variety being the spice of life and wonders whether taking a CLIL approach to language teaching might not be more motivating for all concerned. After all, what's the worst... Continue Reading →
There's an interesting post on "Visualising English Word Origins" from Ideas Illustrated, which colour codes words according to their origins and then uses this process to analyse texts. If you scroll down through the comments section, you'll find links to... Continue Reading →
There was an excellent podcast on the BBC - Podcasts - Documentary of the Week page recently. Sadly, BBC policy is only to host these documentaries for a seven day period, which has no expired, so unless you know someone with... Continue Reading →
Huge apologies to everyone who came to my session at the APPI conference on 29th April - this post contains the material and links I promised you that Sunday morning. In hindsight, I probably should have posted it up there... Continue Reading →
A late session choice after I realising I was in the wrong room and the one I'd planned to see was full... Claudia Ferradas - The certainty of uncertainty: meeting the challenge of change Apparently we're going to start with... Continue Reading →
I'm hoping this will be a follow up to the talk Anna Chamot gave yesterday at #APPI, which was more about the why of learning strategies, why they are important and how they can help. This I'm hoping will be... Continue Reading →
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