I saw some good examples of noun-noun compounds recently in the London Underground on these advertisements for a fitness club:
According to Wikipedia, “Bingo wings is a slang term used to describe the build-up of fat and/or extra skin that hangs from the underside of the upper arms. It occurs most frequently in elderly ladies and […]
Tags: Learner-friendly corpora · Using search engines · Vocabulary
“We are currently witnessing the worst credit crunch the world has ever seen since the term was invented last year.”
I heard someone saying that on the radio a couple of weeks ago and it made me laugh. It also made we wonder when the term really did come into existence.
I can’t find anything online about […]
Tags: 'Credit Crunch' · Learner-friendly corpora · Using online newspapers · Vocabulary
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 […]
Tags: Conferences and workshops · Do/make · Lesson planning · Student drawings · Vocabulary
Remind and remember book covers
I wrote a posting a few weeks ago to show how Microsoft Paint can be used to cover up parts of images (see posting here).
I have been using the technique recently to hide words and phrases in images obtained from Amazon. For a group of students who wanted to know the […]
Tags: Learner-friendly corpora · Lesson plans · Remind/Remember · Using images from Amazon.com