Just spent a few days at my parent’s home in Scotland. I found this buried in a drawer - an old photocopy of a Christmas card that I made when I was about eight years old.
This was my entry for the annual school Christmas card design - a very prestigious competition I seem to remember.
The […]
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Just wanted to nominate a couple of ELT blogs for the 2008 Edublog Awards:
Best individual blog: The English Blog (Jeffrey Hill)
I am in awe of the time and effort that Jeffrey puts into keeping his blog which seems to be aimed at both teachers and learners. I especially like the postings which offer ideas for […]
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A good friend of mine called Dan gave me some advice recently for teaching children. He said ‘Just say everything the way it isn’t‘. In other words, if it is Tuesday, say, ‘Hello everyone, today is Friday, isn’t it?‘. Then step back as the children shout back at you, ‘No! Is Tuesday!‘. Or if Pablo […]
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Juggler, story teller, photographer, chef, action man, and English teacher extraordinaire, Jeremy Taylor, has published an ebook called ‘Learn French with jokes‘. It’s a simple idea where the reader is given 10 words, then presented with 15 jokes that contain them followed by a quick test. This cycle is repeated throughout the book.
Jeremy gives us […]
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Last month, I uploaded the first five articles in my ‘Images’ series for English Teaching professional (click here to see posting). Here are the remaining parts:
Part 6: ‘Advertising‘
etp54_images_6.pdf
Part 7: ‘YouTube part 1‘
etp55_images_7.pdf
Part 8: ‘YouTube part 2‘
etp56_images_8.pdf
Part 9: ‘Book covers‘
etp57_images_9.pdf
Part 10: ‘Digital cameras‘
etp58_images_10.pdf
Thanks again to Helena and Christine.
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I’ve made a new friend online. His name is Sid and he’s from India. Sid contacted me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I could advise him on a career in ELT. His teaching situation looks very interesting and I asked if he would mind me posting our correspondence here.
Dear Sir
I am Siddharth […]
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