Hiatus

Thank you to everyone who’s subscribed to my blog recently, and sorry that my posts have been a bit thin on the ground. I’ve just started a new job and moved into a new flat, so am waiting for an Internet connection at home. Next week I’ll be on holiday, so there’ll probably be no [...]

My new blog: PLN Fun Finder

I regularly read tweets from our PLN about good books, travel ideas, recipes, fun songs and lots more. Because three blogs just ain’t enough, I decide it would be fun to try and crowdsource a set of ideas for us to relax with, in the process of which you might learn something too! I kicked [...]

Brno and the Czech Republic

From 2008 to 2011 I spent three brilliant years living and working in Brno in the Czech Republic. It’s difficult to put into words everything I love about the town and the country, so I decided to make a video instead. It’s about 20 minutes and shows my pictures and videos from the time I [...]

First Impressions

I haven’t posted on my blog much in the last couple of weeks as I’ve just left the Czech Republic after three years of working at IH Brno to move back to the UK for a year. I’ll be writing more about the move over the next couple of weeks, but until then, here’s a [...]

Introducing British accents

On my first teaching day at IH Newcastle, at least three different students said this to me: My friend told me that if I can understand Geordie, I will be able to understand any English. While I don’t know if this is necessarily true, it started an interesting discussion about accents, and the students observed [...]