I’m really delighted that Nik Peachey is my last guest blogger before I leave for the ISTEK Istanbul conference. Nik will also be at ISTEK. Nik… Read more “Guest blog 11-8 – Nik Peachey on The Good Old Days Before Cyber-bullying”
Category: Discussions (teaching etc)
Thoughts on teaching, which hopefully lead to lots of comments and discussions.
Jobsworths and Angels – extreme attitudes to work
My wife Dede has a vast and complicated family littered up and down the eastern US seaboard. Some members of the Massachusetts chapter, the Thomsons, spent New… Read more “Jobsworths and Angels – extreme attitudes to work”
E-learning and the Theory of the Adjacent Possible
In his ‘illustrious’ movie career, Arnold Schwarzenegger did quite a bit of damage to people and property, but he managed to cause much more shock and anger… Read more “E-learning and the Theory of the Adjacent Possible”
The Yahoo home page – dull, scary or engaging?
I’m six foot one (about 1.85m) and left-handed. But only partly. I write left-handed, eat left-handed, but throw a ball and play tennis right-handed. I also have… Read more “The Yahoo home page – dull, scary or engaging?”
Reading aloud in class is a complete waste of time – Discuss…
One of the many interesting sculptures at Zanka Pioneer Camp, near Lake Balaton I gave a talk called ‘Ten things I think I know about teaching and… Read more “Reading aloud in class is a complete waste of time – Discuss…”
Ten ways to motivate the unmotivated…
Some questions if you are an English teacher… Are you a native speaker teacher working in a private language school with highly motivated and talented students? If… Read more “Ten ways to motivate the unmotivated…”
Guest blog 16 – Emma Herrod on attending first conferences…
I’m very pleased that Emma Herrod has agreed to write this post for me, which contains some pertinent thoughts about attending your first ELT conference, and how… Read more “Guest blog 16 – Emma Herrod on attending first conferences…”
The ISTEK conference, Istanbul
If you follow ELT people on twitter, or if you visit other ELT-oriented blogs, you will probably know by now that something called the ISTEK conference took… Read more “The ISTEK conference, Istanbul”
Guest blog: More on the NEST/non-NEST divide (or does it exist at all?)
When I wrote my original NEST/non-NEST blog, I didn’t think I was even scratching the surface of the discussion which trundles on about the qualities that native… Read more “Guest blog: More on the NEST/non-NEST divide (or does it exist at all?)”
NESTS/non-NESTS – who’s BEST? (Part One)
For anyone not involved in English language teaching, NEST = Native English Speaker Teacher; non-NEST … well, I think you can probably work that out. This post… Read more “NESTS/non-NESTS – who’s BEST? (Part One)”
