Oct 6, 2017 Classroom Activities, Coursebooks, Lexis, Opinions, The state of our profession On the over-use of concept-checking questions: part 1 There aren’t many things that I think should be comprehensively banned from EFL classrooms, but the use of closed CCQs (Concept-Checking Questions) for items of vocabulary is one! For those of you unfamiliar with CCQs, they seem to have come into the ELT mainstream via International House and the very early teacher training courses offered […]
Oct 3, 2017 Chunks, Intermediate word of the day Intermediate word of the day: ban If you ban something, you say officially that people must not do, sell or use it. People can also be banned – if it’s officially said that they’re not allowed to do something. Here are some things that are sometimes banned: Ban can also be a noun, so when two countries are having a trade […]
Oct 1, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: hangover Now I know what you’re probably thinking: this is bound to be a post about the kind of hangover you wake up with the morning after the night before; what you get if you had a bit too much to drink the previous night and you crawl out of bed late for work with your […]
Sep 27, 2017 Chunks, Intermediate word of the day Intermediate word of the day: protest When you protest against something or you protest in support of something, you do something to show that you are upset about an issue and want a change. Here are things people do to protest: The way organisations respond to the protests can obviously vary. On some occasions, they quickly give in to the protests […]
Sep 25, 2017 Courses, Teaching lexically Teaching lexically July 5th – July 16th 202117.5 classroom hours per week6 hours per week social / cultural trips with your teacher (a minimum of three visits per week)£660* DiscountsReturning students receive a 10% discount.Students paying before February 1st 2021 receive a 10% discount.Groups receive a discount of 5% (2 people), 10% (3-5 people), 15% (6+).Only one […]
