Sep 24, 2021 Classroom Activities, Lexis, Opinions Using texts to develop lexical awareness In this guest post, Patrick Gallagher outlines how he uses the WORD / CHUNK OF THE DAY sections of this website with his students. We hope it’ll give you some ideas for how you could explore and exploit these texts yourself. Over to Patrick. In order to improve their English, students need exposure to lexically-rich […]
Sep 21, 2021 Opinions Twenty things in twenty years part eleven: we’ve been in thrall to the cults of Learning Styles, NLP and Multiple Intelligences for way too long. It never ceases to both depress and astound me when I see quite how many conference talks, articles, books and courses on Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences are still out there in mainstream ELT. Philip Kerr recently alerted me to an activity in a new book on learning styles that was supposedly aimed […]
Sep 2, 2021 Classroom Activities, Grammar, Lexis, Opinions Back to school Part Five: challenges and homework As if to prove the point about procrastination and failing to do stuff outside class that I made in my last post reflecting on my own language learning experiences, I’m almost ashamed to begin by admitting it has been over a year since I wrote these words: ‘I”ll talk a bit more about my approach […]
Jul 7, 2021 Chunk of the day, Chunks Chunk of the day: having some work done Those of you who follow my ongoing series of ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH videos on YouTube or Instagram may have noticed that I’ve recently started filming them from the chaos of my attic. You’ll have seen the piles of boxes behind me, and sensed a general air of temporary discomfort. In case you were wondering what’s brought […]
Jun 15, 2021 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: whitewash By the 18th of June 1984 – thirty-seven years ago today – miners in England had been on strike for three months. In what has been called “the most bitter industrial dispute in British history”, the National Union of Mineworkers was attempting to bring the coal industry to a standstill in protest against planned closures […]
