Beam their errors on to the wall

Type up a list of your students' most common errors into a word or googledoc, project on to the wall and get them to have a gander. Don't write the names of the author's beside the mistakes, leave them...

7 silly things you really shouldn't forget to do... (EduBlogging)

Traveling through the 'sphere this afternoon, while foraging about for a guest-post I'll be writing for the ELT Blogathon, I noticed some very basic errors made by a number of bloggers, both the newbies...

Linguistics, the Internet +David Crystal

(translation key at bottom of post) Anyone who is any1 in the 'sphere of English Language Teaching or in the outer 'verse of Applied Linguistics knows hu Prof David Crystal is... and in hushed tones...

Best-of-ELT-Blog-Posts (Karenne's picks) January 2011

What was really "hot" this month Dave Dodgson kicked off a bit of controversy, striking a nerve when he asked why he should have to pay to present at conferences; George Vassilakis explores their commercialization;...

TED videos for Business English, Part II (Success and Failure)

Often, whether we admit it or not, we measure a person by how successful they are...  but what exactly is success? It's not how much money someone has, is it? It's not whether or not they...

The Horror of Teaching English Abroad...

This request came in via email - is there anyone out there who would like to help answer it? I always wanted to teach English abroad but I heard some horror stories. Can you tell me the real deal about...

How I became an TEFL teacher... (part i)

The other day, Sean Banville wrote about his journey into TEFL and Scott Thornbury reflected on his path to writing and also asked if our profession is indeed a profession... and I thought, well, hey,...