They're not about the learners.
So, er...mm.... why exactly are 2 billion people learning English?
To make their lives "better."
And er, what exactly must they do if they are to successfully achieve...
The best laid plans of mice and women...
It is a funny old world, isn't it?Even if you carefully plan something, design a structure and place all the pieces in a line something can come along and knock it all down.The Sexiest Men in ELT was...
Conversations at Christmas
Confession:Christmas is not my favorite holiday.It's my least favorite.To go into all the reasons for that would be dull...I could say I don't like the materialism, am not a big fan of shopping or crowded...
Thnx 4 ur RTs
A rather popular figure in ELT kicked off a rather big discussion two days ago - one which captivated my attention and distracted me from doing a thousand other, much more pressing and urgent, matters.It...
Who is the sexiest man in ELT?
Normally on a Thursday, I post up the She-in-ELT series...Normally at the beginning of a month, I work on producing my monthly wrap-up of the blogosphere...My S-i-E posting for this week didn't arrive...
Conference Report: BESIG 2009
Last week, the annual Teachers of Business English conference was held in Poznan, Poland. I made the trek all the way there to have a look at what’s been going on in my field of teaching English to adult...
Karenne's EduBlogs Nominations for 2009
We've been asked by Edublogs to submit nominations for the 2009, Edublogs Awardsand mine are... drum roll....Best of the BlogsBest individual blogsLindsay Clandfield's Six ThingsToby Crawley Bite-Sized...
Lindsay Clandfield on Katy Wright
I used to wonder why authors thanked their editors in the acknowledgments of their books. It wasn’t until I worked with Katy Wright that I really understood.I first met Katy Wright at an IATEFL conference...
Wanna be a fly on the wall?
COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT:BRITISH COUNCIL IATEFL CONFERENCE ROVING REPORTERS 2010The IATEFL Online Project is a British Council / IATEFL partnership established to provide online conference coverage of...
Reasons I don't like most textbooks (6)
They're too expensive.Best,KarenneMore reasons I don't like most textbooks?(scroll past this one).p.s. I'm going to do a Ken Wilson on you: there is a post... coming up quite soon, breaking down the...
An Unsung Hero in ELT: Sean Banville
Something really upset me a few days ago and I haven't been able to shake it off.I tweeted my congratulations to Sean Banville on his Pecha Kucha (PK) presentation in the recent Virtual Round Table and...
Marisa Constantinides on How to Become an ELT Teacher Educator
Oh, To be a Teacher Trainer! In the relatively recent past, Cambridge ESOL redefined their policies regarding the hiring of Course Tutors for CELTA, DELTA and other Cambridge Teaching Awards courses stating...
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