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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So I was waiting for a train the other day and I decided that I had just enough time to get a coffee from the sandwich bar on the platform. I ordered a medium cappuccino and a fruity sultana scone.
The girl got the cappuccino going and was now reaching for a scone with her tongs […]

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I enjoyed presenting at The Language Show in London this weekend. I would like to say thank you to everyone that came along. As promised, I am uploading my article on Learner-friendly corpora here:
learner-friendly-corpora.pdf

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