IATEFL Manchester 2015 – five years on
Pre-Conference Events with the Special Interest Groups For me, the high point of the conference is always the Pre-Conference Day with my chosen Special Interest Group. Since 2015, I have been a... [[...
View ArticleCELTA and Technology – With or Without it?
Giulia Forsythe via Compfight In a recent end-of-course evaluation report, one of our CELTA candidates suggested (complained is perhaps a better word) that her expectations of a higher grade on the......
View ArticleIs it Free?
I very often talk to teachers about online apps and great new tools and the standard question always is: “Is it free?'” And of course it’s natural for teachers – who are... [[ This is a content summary...
View ArticleXtranormal has become Nawmal
Bringing the glad tidings that my favourite animation tool seems to be coming back! Xtranormal was a hugely popular video making tool with hundreds of teachers making videos for free, choosing... [[...
View ArticleSeven Questions for Alan Maley
“Life would be dull without creativity”, and “Creativity encourages risk taking”, Mr. Maley said in his talk at the launch of the most recent volume on creativity, Creativity in the English...
View ArticleWhat kind of School are you working for? (A Questionnaire on the...
This is a response to many readers and trainees who talk about the frequent frustration befalling newly (or not so “newly”…) trained teachers finding themselves teaching in an environment... [[ This...
View ArticleLife as it used to BI
BI=Before Internet Our collective memories get so easily altered with the advent and use of new technologies. It’s so common amongst people to resist new tech and for teachers to insist... [[ This is...
View ArticleVisualising Process Writing
Reposted from my CELT Athens blog My new infographic Some time ago, I started trying to learn to make infographics and had an idea for a poster showing a possible lesson following a process... [[ This...
View ArticleStudent Made Games
Market produced and teacher-prepared games have an important role to plan in the language classroom. Enjoyable and engaging, they draw attention away from too much preoccupation with accuracy and... [[...
View ArticleThe elusive present perfect continuous in the passive
In all my years as a teacher, I have been reading about the elusive present perfect continuous in the passive as a classic example of that which is formally possible, the grammatical system of the......
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