I was an ‘army brat’, by that I mean my father was in the British Army.
2 February, 2009
2 February, 2009
The idea of this exercise is to get students to quickly write about a topic they choose (or you assign).
1 February, 2009
Writing has always been a challenge for our students.
28 January, 2009
Internet has become a new platform for users because it has become easy for anyone to create, upload and share information with Web 2.0...
24 January, 2009
"You can't spell teach without T-E-C-H"
20 January, 2009
The TeachingEnglish team interviewed me about my views on ELT and teaching in Turkey.
31 December, 2008
Yesterday, I talked about the distinction between 'Reading' and 'Studying' literature.
31 December, 2008
I would like to share with all of you, colleagues from the world, some reflections about teaching.
30 December, 2008
What is literature? Why do we teach literature? How do we teach literature?
30 December, 2008
For my last blog entry I just want to reflect aloud on something I have noticed many times in contact with other languages, and which...
27 December, 2008
I'm spending Xmas and New Year in Russia with my new "in-laws".
21 December, 2008
In this article, I am trying to share my personal experience about motivating students in learnig English and other related topics such as...
19 December, 2008
It's pretty quiet out there! I'm beginning to wonder whether everyone is Christmas shopping!! Or are my entries on teacher-...
17 December, 2008
Almost at the end of the process of writing these blogs I would like to refer briefly to some other topics I have not dealt with before.
16 December, 2008
I've just published a series of postings exploring the potential of online video for teaching and learning languages.
12 December, 2008
Mario in one of his contributions last month, queried the value of textbook comprehension questions.
12 December, 2008
I am working as professor of english in an engineering college in Coimbatore and I have designed a syllabus in Technical Communication for...
10 December, 2008
Like many language teachers I spend a fair amount of time wondering about words and following all sorts of trains of thought.
9 December, 2008
Learners often find our use of articles (definite, indefinite and zero) difficult to grasp.
9 December, 2008
As I have introduced in my previous blog entry, I would like to describe some of the activities and materials devised to work with our...
9 December, 2008
I've recently become more interested in e-safety and looking at the ways we can educate our students to protect themselves while...
5 December, 2008
Most of you who have been reading my blogs about CLIL so far might be wondering what the CLIL concept means and which its rationale is.
4 December, 2008
You are going to love or hate this! I think the reason that phrasal verbs loom so large in learners' worries about English is that...
2 December, 2008
Julian Wing interviews Rod Bolitho.
2 December, 2008
I was born just outside Liverpool in 1944.
Pages
2 February, 2009
I was an ‘army brat’, by that I mean my father was in the British Army.
2 February, 2009
The idea of this exercise is to get students to quickly write about a topic they choose (or you assign).
1 February, 2009
Writing has always been a challenge for our students.
28 January, 2009
Internet has become a new platform for users because it has become easy for anyone to create, upload and share information with Web 2.0...
24 January, 2009
"You can't spell teach without T-E-C-H"
20 January, 2009
The TeachingEnglish team interviewed me about my views on ELT and teaching in Turkey.
31 December, 2008
Yesterday, I talked about the distinction between 'Reading' and 'Studying' literature.
31 December, 2008
I would like to share with all of you, colleagues from the world, some reflections about teaching.
30 December, 2008
What is literature? Why do we teach literature? How do we teach literature?
30 December, 2008
For my last blog entry I just want to reflect aloud on something I have noticed many times in contact with other languages, and which...
27 December, 2008
I'm spending Xmas and New Year in Russia with my new "in-laws".
21 December, 2008
In this article, I am trying to share my personal experience about motivating students in learnig English and other related topics such as...
19 December, 2008
It's pretty quiet out there! I'm beginning to wonder whether everyone is Christmas shopping!! Or are my entries on teacher-...
17 December, 2008
Almost at the end of the process of writing these blogs I would like to refer briefly to some other topics I have not dealt with before.
16 December, 2008
I've just published a series of postings exploring the potential of online video for teaching and learning languages.
12 December, 2008
Mario in one of his contributions last month, queried the value of textbook comprehension questions.
12 December, 2008
I am working as professor of english in an engineering college in Coimbatore and I have designed a syllabus in Technical Communication for...
10 December, 2008
Like many language teachers I spend a fair amount of time wondering about words and following all sorts of trains of thought.
9 December, 2008
Learners often find our use of articles (definite, indefinite and zero) difficult to grasp.
9 December, 2008
As I have introduced in my previous blog entry, I would like to describe some of the activities and materials devised to work with our...
9 December, 2008
I've recently become more interested in e-safety and looking at the ways we can educate our students to protect themselves while...
5 December, 2008
Most of you who have been reading my blogs about CLIL so far might be wondering what the CLIL concept means and which its rationale is.
4 December, 2008
You are going to love or hate this! I think the reason that phrasal verbs loom so large in learners' worries about English is that...
2 December, 2008
Julian Wing interviews Rod Bolitho.
2 December, 2008
I was born just outside Liverpool in 1944.
Pages
27 January, 2014
Over at 'The Guardian', Brian Lucy provides some excellent tips on how to organise an academic conference.
22 January, 2019
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
27 January, 2018
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
8 November, 2018
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
10 February, 2009
The use of technology in our lessons as a teaching tool is not something new.
13 September, 2012
This is a method to identify the direct and indirect objects in a sentence.
15 August, 2018
Based on 1) ELT literature and research, 2) my experience teaching English and 3) my experience learning foreign languages (Arabic,...
1 March, 2013
Can teaching pronunciation be interesting and fun for your students? Sure!
30 January, 2011
In a previous blog I suggested that many teachers do either too much grammar or too little, and asked what the reasons might be. Here are...
22 January, 2014
Five jobs you need to know if you teach teenagers
17 May, 2010
Many English teachers have an interest in poetry and/or music, and so therefore they were delighted to attend the British Council event on...
28 July, 2016
TrashedWorld is a global schools' platform for curriculum exchange work on the topic of waste with the dual aims of developing awareness of...
22 May, 2018
We give students a lot; are we sure they take it all in?
19 December, 2014
These two very different activities by Larissa Albano and Steve Muir take Christmas television commercials and use them for engaging and...
3 May, 2016
We have organised two new free webinars in May on the EnglishAgenda website.
7 July, 2009
I was struck by a recent throwaway remark from one of the ELT teachers who is currently working on the pre-sessional course being run at my...
8 January, 2019
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
22 January, 2019
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
16 December, 2014
School children in Uruguay are being taught English live from London, thanks to a unique videoconferencing project from the British Council...
16 January, 2015
With students who are preparing for presentations, job interviews or even exams, a great way to motivate them and get them thinking about...
22 January, 2015
I have been doing international projects with students of all ages and levels for about twenty years.
26 January, 2015
As I mostly teach adults who appreciate being offered possibly practical and personalised activities, I always try to make the grammar and...
27 January, 2015
English To Go is a wonderful resource where you can find lesson plans for any age and level, based on Reuters News articles.
5 May, 2009
As I prepare for my training sessions this week, I am pondering the answer to the following question