One of the things I did today was comment on Scott Thornbury's blog post, O is for Ownership... and in my ramblings I talked about how sometimes ideas are out there, floating about in the greater...
Does Gender-Segregation in Classroom Lower Second Language Acquisition?
(Guest post by Brittany Lyons)
For decades, proponents of gender-segregation in classrooms have argued that separation of children by gender fosters a successful learning atmosphere. However, recent...
Fossilization and then some Krashen
This morning's walk to classes was a half-hour battle with an umbrella against icy rain and I can safely say that winter is now upon us here in
Manchester but at the moment, as the night closes in,...
"The Dog Ate My Internet"
...was the smart retort from one of my professors, Gary, today when I gave a reason for not being able to do my required Blackboard discussion homework on top of the articles we had to read.
In...
How to Avoid Overseas EFL Teaching Job Scams
(guest post by Susan Taylor)
Vacationing in a foreign country is wonderful, but it isn't always fulfilling enough. You may visit a new place, completely fall in love with the land, the people, even...
Thinking and Doing, Comparing and Contrasting
Today was a beautiful day in Manchester: the trees are just beginning to add touches of yellow in their edges and the sun battles to provide us with some last warmth.
In between classes, I sat on a...
Back to school at the age of 42
"Sleep with one eye open" was the quickly emailed advice from my Dad the night before Jake, my internet procured van driver, turned up on my doorstep along with my younger brother.
My parents were freaking...
10 Speaking English Activities using TED.com
Many English Language teachers, when deciding to work with a video clip in their classrooms, make a false assumption that for an activity to be considered as really teaching, then prior to...
Edu-Blogging Tip: Subscribe to your own blog...
by email.
I recently discovered one of my "best" articles (Speaking Tips for Teaching with TED) had disappeared... probably at some point I was deleting a spam-comment but accidentally...
Aprenda Inglês - Voxy for Portuguese Speakers
Super excited to relay that in less than a month, Voxy for Portuguese-speaking English-language-learners is the number #1 education app in Brazil and has been downloaded a whopping 30,800 times!
If...
Dogme and the First Day of a New Class
Recently, after teaching a group of teachers with another teacher, I had some not-so-great feedback:
"The 2nd teacher didn't give us no papers. I didn't learn with her."
Despite that she got...
Speed Dating as Vocabulary Review
This fun and useful exercise really works well as a filler or after you've taught a number of lessons and want to check your students have learned the vocabulary taught - either the emerged lexis...
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