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Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Six: Resistance is futile – but still remarkably widespread
When I was in my mid-20s living in Jakarta and trying to learn Indonesian, I reached a point where I
25-06-2020
Back to School Part Four: homework … or the lack of it.
In recent years, we've seen much made of the idea of the ‘flipped’ classroom. In ELT terms, this often involves
16-06-2020
Why ‘Is it formal or informal?’ is perhaps my most-hated question in ELT
Let's face it, over the years, we've probably all asked plenty of questions in class that we later look back
02-06-2020
Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Five: there really is no need for needs analysis!
One of the more ridiculous notions instilled in me on my month-long CELTA course taken back in the early 1990s
03-05-2020
Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Four: the way I was taught to teach grammar crippled my understanding of grammar!
I feel it best to warn you in advance that this is a post that could potentially spiral wildly out
24-04-2020
Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Three: kicking the grammar habit
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my induction into English Language Teaching via a four-week CELTA at Westminster College (and,
22-04-2020
Back to School Part Three: lessons of forgetting and laughter
They say that learning a foreign language is a good way of avoiding dementia in later life, but with learning
21-04-2020
Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Two: Troubling trouble when trouble troubles you!
There are plenty of things that you generally don’t learn on a four-week CELTA course: how bizarre many of the
21-04-2020
Twenty Things In Twenty Years Part One: Falling Into A Me-Shaped Hole
In much the same way as I once found it inconceivable that I’d ever suffer the indignity of reaching the
20-04-2020
Back to school Part 2: TomAYto TomARto
In my last post, I described two basic routes to learning language as a means of communication. At this point,
20-03-2020