Apr 16, 2018 Opinions From student writer to subject authority: a social semiotic approach to EAP In this post, I shall be proposing that an exploration of the positioning of writers within texts, coupled with an examination into the nature of intertextuality, should be a central focus of any EAP course. Having explored the theoretical grounds for such a claim, I will move on to make some suggestions as to how […]
Apr 13, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: provincial This morning, I took my kids down to Gökyüzü, one of the many amazing restaurants near where we live, for a Turkish breakfast. As you may have seen from the featured photo, the portions there are so huge that the kids just shared one between the two of them. As I watched them devour the […]
Apr 3, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: craic Over the last few days, I’ve actually been to Dublin, the capital of Ireland, twice! Last Friday, I also spent a few hours in Galway, on the wild west coast of Ireland, where the winds come whipping in from the Atlantic Ocean! I was working with local teachers of English, talking specifically about Outcomes – […]
Mar 27, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: less The other day, just as I was slowly waking up and making my first cup of coffee, I heard a discussion on the radio about the whether or not you can say “less than one in five people”. It seemed that several listeners had said that this was wrong and were insisting that less should […]
Mar 23, 2018 Chunks, Intermediate word of the day Intermediate word of the day: pride Pride is that feeling of satisfaction and pleasure that you get when you’ve done something special, or when someone connected to you has achieved something. We often talk about people taking pride in things. If you take pride in something, you feel very proud of it; you feel a deep sense of satisfaction about it. […]
