Oct 1, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: hangover Now I know what you’re probably thinking: this is bound to be a post about the kind of hangover you wake up with the morning after the night before; what you get if you had a bit too much to drink the previous night and you crawl out of bed late for work with your […]
Sep 27, 2017 Chunks, Intermediate word of the day Intermediate word of the day: protest When you protest against something or you protest in support of something, you do something to show that you are upset about an issue and want a change. Here are things people do to protest:The way organisations respond to the protests can obviously vary. On some occasions, they quickly give in to the protests and […]
Sep 25, 2017 Courses, Teaching lexically Teaching lexically July 5th – July 16th 202117.5 classroom hours per week6 hours per week social / cultural trips with your teacher (a minimum of three visits per week)£660* DiscountsReturning students receive a 10% discount.Students paying before February 1st 2021 receive a 10% discount.Groups receive a discount of 5% (2 people), 10% (3-5 people), 15% (6+).Only one […]
Sep 22, 2017 Opinions, The state of our profession Something better change: taking a stand against gender bias in ELT Earlier this year I spoke at the very first International Language Symposium in Brno, the second-biggest city in the Czech Republic. Prior to the conference itself, I’d agreed with the organisers that I’d be doing a plenary and a workshop, saw that several people I knew from the ELT world would also be there and […]
Sep 18, 2017 Chunks, Intermediate word of the day Intermediate word of the day: negotiations Negotiations happen when different people or organisations both want one thing to happen – they want to form a government, start a business, end a war together, and so on – but they also have different needs or aims that the other side in the negotiation do not want – to put up taxes, to […]
