Jul 25, 2017 Courses, Developing materials Developing materials July 19th – July 23rd 202121.5 classroom hours£385* 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 discount will apply. Discounts apply to course and registration fee, but do not apply to accommodation. OutlineMost teachers will […]
Jun 25, 2017 Courses, Teaching Teens Teaching Teens July 19th – July 23rd 202117.5 classroom hours per week6 hours per week social/cultural trips with your teacher (a minimum of three visits per week)£340* 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 discount will […]
May 23, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: atrocity Like many of you, I suppose, I woke yesterday morning to the appalling news coming out of Manchester. American pop singer Ariana Grande, who’s very popular with teenagers and young people here, had been performing at the Manchester Arena. The concert ended shortly before half past ten at night and as fans started streaming out […]
May 21, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: rule of thumb My mother turned 70 last month and to celebrate we took her to Majorca for a week-long break. We rented a villa in Puerto Pollensa up on the north coast. It was just about large enough for my mum and her partner, John; my brother, his wife and their adopted kid, Jamie; John’s daughter from […]
May 19, 2017 Classroom Activities, Coursebooks, Grammar, Lexis, Opinions, The state of our profession Complicating the coursebook debate part 3: coursebook use Today’s post follows on from another recent post that looked at some of the so-called false assumptions that supposedly lie at the heart of coursebooks. The assumptions, as stated in a recent piece by Geoff Jordan, are that all coursebooks and coursebook-using teachers “lead students through each unit and do the succession of activities in […]
