I have a Word doc where I store ideas for future posts under the letters of the alphabet. Novel idea, eh! Not surprisingly, some letters look thinner than others (any ideas for Y other than yod?), and others could keep me going way past the end of even the worst pandemic. P, for example, could […]
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When I started teaching English back in 1981, a friend put a book in my hand and told me to study the teacher’s notes before each lesson and to do exactly what they said. And don’t use Spanish, she insisted. Only English. Her advice kept me alive for the first few months, and since I […]
In the rush I was in at the time, I completely forgot that I was interviewed while I was at the 2018 TESOL_SPAIN convention. The interview was about CLIL, which was appropriate given that Do Coyle was once of the plenary speakers in Madrid. Michele Guerrini was also there, so CLIL was definitely one of […]
Over the past the past year I’ve put together a series of six articles for on pronunciation English Teaching professional, one of the world’s leading teacher’s magazines. The articles are relatively short. but cover a range of topics: Pronunciation Matters. ETp 90, January 2014. A look at the way that poor pronunciation impacts on every other […]
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