Oh the power of this question in the mouths of young children as they flex their early language and logic muscles! ‘Why?’, they ask with apparent innocence, driving their exhausted parents deeper and deeper into their dwindling reserves of patience and logic. ‘Why?’, the child asks. Later we become adults and stop asking. Or ask […]
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If you cut down on time spent in class on pronunciation you’ll be able to do more of other things and so offer your learners ‘low-cost’ English. In these times of economic crisis, this might seem an attractive idea, but sadly, sooner or later your learners will pay the price for the corners that you cut. As I drove […]
I landed in Tenerife yesterday. I’m here for an English teachers’ conference. (Life is good sometimes). As we were landing one of the members of the aircrew ran through the usual arrival messages, first in Spanish and then in English. She started in English with ‘We have just landing in Tenerife North’. Superficially this looks […]
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