Summary task woesUnfound ideas from the textsLacking clarity What is a Haiku?Distillation of ideasConcisely worded This could go quite wrongHaiku for summary tasks?Might be worth a try Learners at CPE (Proficiency) level frequently have issues with the comprehension and summary task on the... Continue Reading →
Apparently teflgeek has been nominated for the best blog of 2011 in the "Macmillan Dictionary Love English Awards"! Which was a bit of a surprise - but huge thanks to whoever put teflgeek forwards - much appreciated! The criteria for... Continue Reading →
English teaching: A Friday request | The Economist. Originally spotted on Simon Thomas' efl-resource - it appears The Economist has become aware of it's own potential in the ELT sphere! They're asking their readers, ELT professionals in particular, for their thoughts... Continue Reading →
Back in December I posted on "nine pretty pictures" - ways of exploiting images with learners. I recently came across "The Little People Project" - though unfortunately I can't remember where - it might have been The Guardian, but I'm... Continue Reading →
Huge thanks to Teaching English | British Council, who've just awarded this site their Featured blog of the month award! Needless to say I'm immensely chuffed at the award, which was given for the 12 days of geekmas series - the... Continue Reading →
So you're probably familiar with the acronyms TEFL and TESOL from the title to this article - Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. But do you know which you teach? Are you... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year when the media maelstrom coalesces around a single topic - the future! What's going to happen in the next twelve months? What can we all expect from the next year? Will we face triumph or... Continue Reading →
And compliments of the season to you all! This is my xmas present to anyone still teaching out there - but equally, this could make a really good first lesson back in the new year activity. Santa's Xmas Present Swap!... Continue Reading →
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