For the past quarter-century, I have spent an awful lot of time on the road in different countries talking to English teachers, either at ELT (English Language… Read more “Before I pack it in – how did it all start?”
Time to hang up my boots?
As I mentioned in my previous blog, I had a minor heart attack just after Christmas and ended up having an emergency procedure called a cardiac angioplasty.… Read more “Time to hang up my boots?”
Still standing
Hello to anyone reading my blog for the first time, and welcome back to those of you who have been here before. Thank you for showing up… Read more “Still standing”
Sirja Bessero on the nagging doubts of a non-native speaker teacher
This is the first guest post I’ve posted in quite a while. It’s been written by Sirja Bessero, an Estonian teacher of English living and working in… Read more “Sirja Bessero on the nagging doubts of a non-native speaker teacher”
Going home, and out of my comfort zone
On Wednesday, I will be doing the first of three training workshops for the current teaching staff at International House London. International House is where I trained… Read more “Going home, and out of my comfort zone”
Pen and paper and Put Out The Lights
I was at the Wired In or Out conference at Yildiz Technical University Istanbul the first weekend of December. Işıl Boy, the organiser, was one of the… Read more “Pen and paper and Put Out The Lights”
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I am very excited to have Özge Karaoğlu as my guest-blogger today. If you’re on twitter, you probably know Özge…
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I blogged earlier about my first visit to the Comedy Store in Central London in the early 1990s, which was…
Originally posted on Ken Wilson's Blog:
The Comedy Store Players: Clockwise from top: Neil Mullarkey, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch lying down, Paul Merton on…
Brilliant Brazilians in ELT – in their own words….
Teaching can be a tiring, frustrating and totally annoying business to be in, but there are definite plusses to dedicating one’s working life to it. One of… Read more “Brilliant Brazilians in ELT – in their own words….”
