I'm back....missed me? Hope so, I missed writing this blog and talking to you all very much.  I thought I'd kick things off by jo...

The other day I promised Jason to take part in his meeting of the boards' challenge for English language teachers all over the world to ...

That's it really. Draw this on the board or on a big piece of paper or click on the photograph and print that out.... The first few...

Sean Banville's excellent blog post questions the practice of teaching adverbs of frequency with things like how often do you brush yo...

"Pick a card, any card. Share with us what you heard in the news today /this week/ this month..." "Interesting!  I di...

Like all issues of great importance there are those who believe in one thing and there are those who believe in another. Personally, I rec...

The art of teaching conversation, part 3 Talking with your students is great fun, isn't it - especially when it's spontaneous and au...

So there I was in Stuttgart Airport, minding my own business, dipping in and out of the book on randomness (T he Black Swan ) recommended to...

Got students who repetitively make the same mistakes over and over and over? Read this posting: Dealing with fossilized errors Is ego affec...

At the British School in Tumbaco, I once had the brief and unfortunate experience of working for an arrogant pig ( no longer employed there...

Part 2 of the Art of Teaching Conversation To Language Learners. To read part 1 first come here. Last night, after a tough day presenting a ...

Part one: the art of teaching conversation to language learners Starting off with the basics is probably a very good place to kick off thi...