Yesterday at E-merging Forum I talked about different approaches to teaching reading in a primary classroom and the activities that can be used for the purpose.

Yesterday Richard West gave a talk at the E-merging Forum in Moscow.

As our on-line trainer Hugh put it, any class is a mixed-ability class.

I like to listen to podcasts myself and use them at lessons. I also recommend these resourses for self-study. These are the links I provide:

I used to teach at language courses where use of mother tongue at

I've come across this comics: http://ow.ly/i/t8bb

There is two pieces of news: one is happy and the other one is sad. Today is the first spring day - it's good. The Blogathon it's coming to its close - it's sad.

From Scott Thornbury's blog at http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/tag/technology/ :

Once in a while I begin a lesson in a primary classroom with teachig a simple poem. It's done for the sake of the developing proper pronunciation and intonation patterns.

Using technology in education is a very fashionable venue.