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101 articles on Usingenglish.com
Don’t know if I should feel proud, embarrassed, apologetic or whatever about churning out so many, but seems like a number worth marking anyway, especially since it coincides with a change in technology that made it possible to see the number for … Continue reading
Posted in Usingenglish
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Bookwork is fun!
(How to make kids look forward to opening their books) An old article of mine from English Teaching Professional Issue 45 Okay Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s start. Open your books please… If you had any negative reaction to that command, … Continue reading
Posted in English Teaching Professional, Teaching young learners
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The Ghost of Textbooks Past
A great new blog “tribute” to amusing old TEFL titles that’s just started with English for Secretaries (1969) here. More promised if we are interested. I am!
Posted in ELT publishing, TEFL blogs
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Highlights from October's EL Gazette
– 300 Assistant Language Teachers laid off in Korea, with maybe more to follow. – EL Gazette in dispute with Bell over their responsibilities to stop passport retention in Saudi Arabia – Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, UCL, Birmingham, King’s College London, … Continue reading
Posted in EL Gazette, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching English in Saudi Arabia
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EL Gazette closed after hacking of TEFL bloggers and authors
Here are some quotes from the emails and mobile messages they hacked, with the names of whose they are taken out to protect the innocent(?) “Sometimes those groupies make me wish I’d never come up with it. What is the … Continue reading
Posted in EL Gazette, TEFL
Tagged TEFL humour
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Taking an interest in Business English and ESP
An early article of mine from English Teaching Professional, later reprinted on Onestopenglish.com. I imagine I could probably add The Apprentice to the list now if I’d ever seen it, so any updated suggestions gratefully accepted in comments below. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Business English and ESP, English Teaching Professional
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TEFL news roundup 9 Jun 2011
The Guardian are back to their worst TEFL advertorial tricks, only now the TEFL section has disappeared it’s moved to careers. This time possibly tops them all, with their usual advertorial writer from TEFL England (spin off from tacky marketing … Continue reading
Posted in Guardian TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL International
Tagged News
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Not really blogging
What is a TEFL blog, and what should it be? Most of them have a blogroll and comment function, but I don’t think they are fundamental. I think the best blogs simply do something that wouldn’t quite fit in a … Continue reading
Posted in TEFL blogs
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Cambridge ICFE description and links
The ICFE is the Cambridge International Certificate in Financial English, although it should probably be called the Cambridge International Certificate in English for Accountants given its topics and links to the ACCA. It is set at the levels of B2 and C1 (approx FCE … Continue reading
Posted in Financial English, ICFE, links, TEFL
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New TEFL articles September 2010
I’ve linked to some of these already, but thought I may as well put the month’s supply together Video tasks for specific language points How to teach phonics with simple picture flashcards Classroom language for teaching pronunciation Pronunciation changes in … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge Delta, Conditionals, English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Future tenses, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Pronunciation, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, Usingenglish, video
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