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TEFL book burning

“The Dove Mission for Proper English, is pleased to announce …. the Ceremonial Burning: of the following heinous tome ‘English Grammar in Use [Intermediate]’ because … we strongly feel that there’s something vaguely wrong with ALL KINDS OF STUFF … … Continue reading

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Next time a publisher tries to sell you a new textbook

… remind them that there is already a title available that is, according to their own website, ‘Flexible, stimulating, enjoyable, simply PERFECT.’ That’s right, it’s The New Cambridge English Course, still being sold and with its own brand new, funky … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge University Press, ELT publishing, ELT World, General English textbooks, New Cambridge English Course, TEFL forums | 7 Comments

New TEFL articles etc October 2009

Chuseok holiday came just at the right point for me, so for once you can actually read my articles in the month which they are supposed to be for: Natural Interactions (in HLT magazine for the first time in many … Continue reading

Posted in EFL CD ROMs, ELT World, Grammar games, HLT magazine, Present Perfect Continuous, Specific English, Teaching English in Turkey, TEFL, TEFL blogs, TEFL games, TEFL Tradesman | 9 Comments

The greatest TEFL soap opera?

Candidate number one Involves me, and Paul Lowe’s threats to sue me for never mentioning him on my blog (!?) or something, still can’t quite work it out. “Bizarro!” as TESall.com put it. I thought, what the hell if I’m going … Continue reading

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