Feb 7, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: tipping point I don’t know about you, but I love the game Jenga. I mean, what’s not to like? It has everything you could want from a game: the luck of finding that loose piece you can easily move; the skill of having a steady hand; but most of all the anticipation of the sudden crash. We build […]
Feb 6, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: in the wake of About two minutes’ walk from my house in north London is a wonderful Turkish supermarket and bakery called Yasar Halim. There’s a chance you may have heard of it, actually, as it once featured in a reading text in New Headway Pre-Intermediate. The piece was called London: The World In One City and also included […]
Feb 5, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: pardon I started teaching English as a Foreign Language back in 1993, and over the years I’ve learned lots of things from the thousands of students I’ve been lucky enough to meet. Perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned is that we all share a common humanity – and that even though we are, of course, […]
Feb 2, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: the straight and narrow I’m not a huge fan of Twitter, but one of the real pleasures of the service is Very British Problems, who – in their own words – tweet about how the inhabitants of these isles make “life awkward for ourselves, one rainy day at a time”! Their tweets are very dry, very funny observations on […]
Feb 2, 2017 Chunks, Phrase of the day Phrase of the day: Shame on you! The idea of shame is a strange one. Traditionally, shame was usually associated with an uncomfortable and unpleasant feeling of guilt because of our own – or someone else’s – bad behaviour. The behaviour made you feel ashamed. In this sense, I know that I’m not alone in feeling a deep sense of shame when […]
