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Why do I blog?

<![CDATA[I recently used the same idea which I wrote about when this blog turned one year old, but here I am reposting it, as I simplified it to make it more accessible to teachers and learners new to blogging.  A variation of this post for learners of English was also […]

#ELTchat Topics for May 1st

<![CDATA[ This week’s ELTchat topics are once again influenced by the rich set of resources provided by the IATEFL recordings.   The 12 BST #ELTchat will revisit the topic of coursebooks.  Since we’ve covered this topic before  often from the why do we need course books point of view, we […]

Παληά αναγνωστικά: ένας θησαυρός στην οθόνη σας

Μπορεί σ’αυτές τις σελίδες να δημοσιεύω σχόλια που έχουν να κάνουν με την ξενόγλωσση παιδεία, αλλά, νοσταλγικά, αναδημοσιεύω τα παρακάτω, με πολλές ευχαριστίες στον ΟΔΕΓ για την τακτική και πλούσια ενημέρωση Παληά αναγνωστικά: ένας θησαυρός στην οθόνη σας Μια τεράστια δουλειά του blog gnoseis ολοκληρώθηκε. 22 παλιά αναγνωστικά, από το 1936, έχουν ψηφιοποιηθεί […]

C is for Coherence

Is she coherent?  Watch this much discussed video of a young beauty pageant contestant answering a question posed by the judges.   Thinking Task 1 Is Miss South Carolina coherent or not?     Thinking Task  2 Read this text and say if it is coherent. Try to answer the […]

Thinking about Discipline – Part 3

Some Classic Mistakes In my first two posts in this series on Discipline, I mentioned some of the causes of undisciplined behaviour and a few proactive steps which I believe will help in creating a classroom atmosphere which promotes disciplined behaviour. In this post, the third post in this series on discipline, I would […]

Dear Plagiarist

<![CDATA[Sue Lyon Jones, alias @esolcourses, who maintains a free website for learning English called ESOL Courses, Free Lessons Online,  put up the following status update on Facebook which touches upon this important subject. Read the update and Lindsay Clanfield’s (@lclanfield) story which follows. Lindsay’s story is sweet vindication of what […]