three future cartoons

Posted on March 5, 2012 Written by 1 Comment

Here are three very short New Yorker cartoons that you can use to lay the groundwork for that dreaded coursebook lesson on future trends and predictions.

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word clouds in the EFL classroom

Posted on January 15, 2011 Written by 1 Comment

I’ve recently discovered word clouds (as opposed to mind maps) and I’m sold. Here’s how you can create your own word clouds in four easy steps.  

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gem of a book

Posted on January 4, 2011 Written by 7 Comments

December’s intuition post took me on a long and unintended trip down my language-learning memory lane and brought back all sorts of recollections of the processes I went through as a language learner. So, here’s a thought that’s been nagging at me over the past month: How do I know the English I know today? [...]

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things I’m not sure I know about teaching anymore

Posted on November 26, 2010 Written by 7 Comments

This was a very risky session. It was a session in which I offered no answers, but raised what I believed were some of the right questions. The questions that need to be asked.

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