Feb 26, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: mate I witnessed a rather entertaining scene yesterday afternoon outside a tube station in north London. The wallet of a middle-aged man somehow managed to drop out of his back pocket as he was leaving the station, and a younger – foreign – man saw this, picked it up and tried to get the attention of […]
Feb 23, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: drone Up until a few years ago, the word drone was most commonly used as a verb. If someone droned on and on, they talked about something in a boring way for a long time, so you might get stuck next to someone at a party who spent the whole evening droning on about work . […]
Feb 18, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: Cheers Following on from our previous post on the phrase bon appetit, it’s perhaps a reflection of the priorities here in the UK that it’s far easier to come up with a single English word for what we say before we drink – Cheers! Typically, when you and the people you’re drinking with have new, full […]
Feb 14, 2018 Classroom Activities, Opinions, The state of our profession Teaching deaf, hard of hearing and visually impaired students As someone who spends a fair amount of time meeting and working with teachers in different contexts, I get asked all manner of questions and have become very aware of the limitations of my own knowledge. If anyone asks me my thoughts on teaching kids or young learners, I try to be open about the […]
Feb 12, 2018 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: bon appetit You probably don’t need me to tell you that food culture here in England is (and yes, I am using the classic English art of understatement here!) slightly different to much of the rest of the world. We seem to have developed a reputation for being a bit backwards when it comes to cuisine. As […]
