Jan 24, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: pivot There’s an ancient Greek myth about a king called Sisyphus, who committed a terrible crime against the gods and was condemned to an eternity of hard labour! He was forced to spend each and every day carrying a huge boulder – a great big rock – up a mountain, only to see the thing roll […]
Jan 23, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: a weight off my mind The last few weeks have been particularly stressful. Firstly, there’s my father-in-law, who suffered a terrible fall at the end of last year. He hit his head as he fell, which caused bleeding in the brain. He had to have an operation to reduce the pressure and it left him in a very bad way. […]
Jan 22, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: bite off more than you can chew About a year ago, after a chance meeting with a friend of a friend, who had a beautiful Grade II listed building in Bloomsbury, a historic part of central London, we rashly decided that it would be a great idea to start a language school. To give you some idea of quite how poorly prepared […]
Nov 11, 2016 Lexis, Opinions, The state of our profession It’s all in the Mind: Neurobiology and the Lexical Approach Today we’re proud to present a guest post from Bruno Leys, who works at VIVES University College, Bruges, Belgium. Bruno can be contacted on: bruno.leys@vives.be and would love to hear any comments or questions you have. Over to Bruno: When Michael Lewis published The Lexical Approach in 1993, it’s fair to say that the book […]
May 5, 2016 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: against all odds / against the odds If you haven’t heard already, Leicester City won the Premier League title this week against all odds. They have one of the lowest wage bills in the league and the cost of the whole squad was less than Manchester City paid for one player. At the beginning of the season, the odds of them winning […]
