Here is an incomplete book title:
First ______ Last
Can you work out what the missing word is? Don’t continue reading until you have tried to do so.
OK, it’s difficult so, I’m going to give you a clue. Here is a description of the book (taken from Amazon.com):
This book is intended to help the start-up business, home […]

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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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I was in a Spanish department store today and I saw one of of these - a genuine jamón bag. This led me to thought for the day: Have you ever noticed that when you say ‘handbag’ in English, you actually say ‘hambag’?
It’s all a question of elision followed by assimilation.
First of all the ‘d’ […]

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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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