This will be short and sweet I hope, with the aim that writing down my aims for 2012 is more likely to make them happen! 2011 has been a busy year for me. I spent the first six months living in Brno in the Czech Republic, and the second six in Newcastle, UK. I’ve been [...]
A month or so ago Adam Simpson posted an 11 from 11 challenge, inviting bloggers to choose their favourite 11 posts from 2011. I’ve enjoyed reading other people’s selections (there is a list of everyone who has taken part at the bottom of his original post), and have finally got around to choosing my own. [...]
Followers of my blog may have noticed that November was a bit quiet. Then again, they may not Either way: here’s an explanation of why. For the four weeks between October 22nd and November 20th 2011, every free hour I had when I was not in Paris or marking my FCE students’ work, I spent [...]
I’m currently in the process of preparing for my IATEFL presentation in March 2012. Here is the title and abstract: Go online: getting your students to use internet resources What factors help or hinder students’ uptake and continued use of online materials to aid their English learning outside the classroom? What can teachers do in [...]
Here’s a short worksheet I made for my FCE students to practise different forms of the infinitive ready for the Use of English Key Word Transformations. We worked through it together and talked about the different forms – it does need a little more explanation than is given on the sheet. I used this webpage [...]
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