I always try to give my students extra material to read (look up on the Internet, watch etc). But if this material is not an obligatory part of homework, not many of them actually do it.

What is Blogathon to you?

Many people say it is sharing ideas, exchanging experience, giving and receiving advice. I agree 100%.

Have you ever come across the situation when a student (usually a private one) has zero listening skills but has to be trained quite quickly?

About a month ago a German biathlon star Magdalena Neuner let

Just a brief post - I have just been to the site of Cambridge University Press and found out that Grammar in Use by Murphy 4th edition has been released.

I thought that some people might find it useful. I made a presentation last year at a BESIG conference in Bielefeld about motivating students without work experience.

Yesterday I had my first lecture with the 4th-year students who are back from their school practice.

Two of my ss who write their theses under my supervision have decided to apply for Lomonosov-2012, an international conference of students and post-graduates, held in Moscow State University.

I found two new tools to create exercises, and the link is http://www.cict.co.uk/textoys/rhubarb.php.