Got an email from Nick, a friend and attendee of a workshop that I gave a while back. He sent me some of his students’ sketches:

Apparently the language point was ‘put on’ and ‘put off’:

Put on weight
Put on the TV
Put up petrol prices
Put up your hand
Put up posters
Didn’t put on his clothes

Nick tells me that […]

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From flashcards to flash images is the title of a talk I gave recently at the 3rd International Symposium and Conference on ELT Materials (link here). I would like to say thank you very much to everyone involved, especially Sujatha, Jayakaran and the people from Pearson, for organising a great conference and of course, for […]

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I never had a class that didn’t ask me if I wear a kilt when I am in my country.

I wonder if Mexican teachers working abroad get asked the same thing about sombreros.

This is a silly game that I remember from my childhood. I really hope my Mexican friends forgive me for taking advantage of […]

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TESOL-Spain 31st Annual Convention, Madrid
A big thank you to everyone who came to my workshop on Sunday. I really didn’t expect to see so many people since David Crystal (who did a great plenary) was giving a talk at the same time.
In the workshop we saw 2 different ways in which we can get students […]

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International House conference, Barcelona
He looked suspiciously at everyone that got off the plane.
In this workshop, I wanted to demonstrate that drawing in the classroom is not just for children. About 30 teachers came along and as far as I know, everyone got artistically involved.

The cat will bite you if you pull her tail.
One of the […]

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