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Tweet this!
Utilising Twitter with students, for lesson planning and for PD, Part 1 In one of our workshops, I discuss the use (and validity) of social media sites in and outside the classroom for both students...
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Adding mystery to your language class
SUDDEN LOUD KNOCKING. BANG. BANG. BANG. You wake up, groggy, and in the moments before reality seeps through, you can’t remember where you are or what’s happening. Bang, bang. The door? You question...
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Practical linoit in the classroom
One of my favourite tools on the web is bulletin boards (no, not those from early 90s web chats). They work like a basic corkboard you put up in your classroom wall and they can even look like it too....
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ELT bites (not how you think)
Sometimes the photocopier is blown, there’s no tech in your room and you forgot all other materials back on your desk, far far away. A very minimalist activity that generates language and...
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These sentences were not fabricated for a coursebook.
Have you ever written down one of your entire conversations verbatim? Probably not. Now, when you read the dialogues in coursebooks outloud, do you think they sound like your conversations? Also,...
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“Only to” from Corpus
Once in a while, I come across a sentence (from an article, a textbook or even my own mouth) that includes a structure that gives me pause. I look at it, wondering if I’ve ever taught it before, if it...
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I’m so thankful for…
Everyday, we express our gratitude to various people in a multitude of everyday situations, sometimes sincerely, other times less so. As Canadian Thanksgiving is today (note the food items sprinkled...
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Because grammar (and cats)
Are we resistors to language adaptations? Are we out of the language loop? Are we getting old? I wouldn’t have thought so (and nevermind, I’ll actually just speak for myself). I think I’m very...
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Correct English, no.
English is crazy? Grammar police? I look at both concepts with a similar disbelief. If you do too, this post may not be for you. You’re the choir, so to speak, but feel free to read along with a...
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One grammar point that comes up again and again in academic writing class is the misuse and overuse of dependent clauses. My students commonly include sentence fragments, forget dependent words i.e....
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