In one of the LinkedIn groups I belong to, the question was asked about whether on not platforms such as Twitter/Facebook/Orkut or Instant Messenger services are bad for one's vocabulary.Anirudh Maitra,...
Help Alexander Educate African Prisoners
Alexander McLean is quite a special guy.At 23, he is Director General of the Africans Prisons Project and right now he needs a bit of help from us.Back when he 18, he was doing a gap year before university...
The Susan Boyle EFL Video Lesson
What is your secret ambition?If you could go back in time, do something else or be someone else what would you do? What do you still hope to achieve before you die?Susan Boyle, a Scottish, unemployed...
Need mentoring on being a better English Language Teacher?
Alex Case of the TEFLtastic blog has just set up a mentoring experiment / forum on the TEFL.net website.Go check it out and sign up if you're a EFL/ESL teacher looking for some help or a teacher trainer...
The Price of Water in Airports - Using Anger to Create Discussion in an EFL Classroom
So there I was in Stuttgart Airport, minding my own business, dipping in and out of the book on randomness (The Black Swan) recommended to me by a banking student, waiting to board my flight to London.An...
Question from a reader, life with the wolves
Got an email in the inbox yesterday and rather than writing out a list of things that my reader could do, I thought I'd first turn it over to you guys and get you to help me write her!What do you think?...
8 great articles in the ELT blogosphere this week
Here's a quick list of some of the great postings I read this week whilst out and about in the English language teaching/learning blogosphere:Carl Dowse did a very thorough review of a workshop with...
What can your Business English students teach you?
I have another great secret.My students are incredible people. They are bankers, managers, managing bankers; they are CEOs and CFOs, web programmers and designers; they are parents, they are wives and...
My new template!
Hey, is this the Kalinago English blog?Yup!Just in case this is a repeat visit for you and you're feeling a bit confused, I've been slogging throughout the Easter break and hopefully have come up with...
Why is my blog and business called Kalinago English?
And why the pictures of the Caribbean? It looks like a holiday in here!Colleagues, it has something to do with Columbus, colonialism, pronunciation and the importance of language.Still curious? Come...
Lesson Tips and Plans - Summary
Business EnglishUsing slideshare to teach business EnglishCode of ethics for CEOsESP FinancialInterview with Rouibini and TalebCode of ethics for CEOsCompany secretsESP ITThe history and future of the...
Workshops and Conference Reports - Summary
Would you like to read about what I've had to say about teacher-training / teacher trainers?Conferences:Besig 2008ELTAF 2008IATEFL 2009Workshops:Lindsay ClandfieldIan MacMasterGavin DudeneyDuncan LaingKarenne...
Teaching English Using Technology - Summary March 2009
Nervous about using technology in your classroom? Don't be, we were all where you are standing now. Go on, be brave.A great way to find authentic, up-to-date material is by looking at what the Business...
Teaching Speaking - Summary of Posts March 2009
Got students who repetitively make the same mistakes over and over and over?Read this posting: Dealing with fossilized errors Is ego affecting your students' abilities to communicate?Pride in the classroomGet...
About Karenne
updated June 2010
Karenne is teaching teachers how to teach speaking - using technology.
I'm a certified TESOL trainer, working as a freelancer in Stuttgart, Germany and I specialize in teaching adult...
Advertising, backlinks and sponsorship
An immeasurable amount of time, effort, passion and consistent commitment goes into creating this blog so that I can communicate with my teachers, colleagues and friends.
So honestly, when major corporations...
How do blogs work?
Lost?Hi ya ELT colleague, If this is your first time visiting a blog you might be feeling a little confused so I thought I'd just jot you some notes. A blog works in a slightly different way to a website....
Meeting President Obama In Strasbourg
I never, ever intended on using this blog for vanity postings, however, something so incredible happened to me last week and, well, I’ve got to share all the photos with my family and friends so...
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