Let down
The “professional development” event I was looking forward to has just been cancelled. Such a let down. The trainers needed 15 paying participants. Just 15! MELTA has about 300 members, and non-members were also invited, yet 275 Euros for three days was too much for them. Isn’t that sad? Why won’t freelance English teachers invest […]
Paedagogical tinkering
Tessa Woodward used a beautiful phrase in her plenary talk at IATEFL, “paedagogical tinkering“. What a great phrase! I’m a tinkerer myself (and have blogged about tinkering, too.) But what strikes me about this: She put “tinkering” in the context, not of fooling around and trying stuff out, willy-nilly, but of proper professional development, of […]
Grammar Guru: Allergic against/ on/ to pollen
I’m allergic _____ pollen. (against, on or to?) Sniff! Sneeze! Cough! When you have a cold, how can you tell whether it’s a virus or an allergy?
Halleluja
First of all, just to make one thing clear: I don’t go to church, and I simply can’t believe that Christ died for me and then came back from the dead and took the invisible elevator to a place called heaven. That said, I love my Christian heritage, I love the words of the bible […]
The Learning Funnel
The latest innovation in learning: The Learning Funnel Designed for sidesleepers, the funnel is mounted gently on your ear to allow knowledge to drip into your mind as your sleep. Just fill from that fountain of knowledge, the internet, before you go to bed for a full night’s learning. Get one for yourself, and one […]
