Dear English TeachersJust a little note to wish you all the very best for the holidays - see you next year!Best,KarenneMost visited postings:CNN student newsPersonally, speakingBESIG conferencePolitics,...
Using slideshare for teaching business English
My student Markus called in the early afternoon.'I didn't have time to do my presentation' he gushed.Markus is a part of a 3hr, once-a-month evening presentations course I run. Part of the requirements...
Nothing more important than your family and friends
Teaching English to speakers of other languages usually means living far from home and we don't often get the chance to see our families at this time of year. Once you've been doing it for a while,...
Toys for Teachers
All I want for Christmas is...some really great teaching equipment.Have you been a good English language teacher this year? Have you been learning and growing, communicating, aiding, facilitating, coaching...
Sights & Sounds: BESIG conference 2008
A quick scan of my micro-sized office will reveal the remnants of a business English conference: brochures and catalogs on the floor, my ticket stubs tucked beneath the scanner, business cards propped...
Where does the buick stop?
The news are currently a-buzz with corporations lining up to hold out their begging bowls in the hope that something, anything will rescue them from the worsening financial crisis.One of the most ridiculous...
Uncommonly creative
The other day I was training a group of teachers on developing their learners' speaking skills and one of the participants asked me where I got my pictures from and whether this was all on the "up and...
Teacher, Teacher, please fix my grammar
As I strolled into the Haus der Wirtschaft I was immediately struck by two things: the gorgeous setting amidst statues and art pieces and the sheer quantity of English language teachers milling around.Lindsay...
I hate the words "Blended Learning"
I woke up this morning thinking about tags.
Aside from the fact that tags are things which hang off the collar of your shirt, tags - in the world of the web - are used by people who create content...
Projecting projects
A good language institute will consistently make an effort to keep its teaching staff up to date on modern teaching practices and new methodologies and Tom Carlson, DOS of Linguarama Stuttgart, certainly...
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