I have to admit, I almost closed this blog a few months ago. I thought I was done with it, that I didn’t have anything else to say. I also felt slightly burnt out, so the idea of spending my free time thinking and writing about ELT wasn’t appealing any more. Nothing major had really …
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I'm back
I can’t believe it’s already been more than a month since my last post. Not a good start in my New Year resolutions. Oh, well. Before I get back into my blogging mood (I’m already preparing a post for the TDSiG Web Carnival event), let me update you on a couple of things: I’ve passed …
My wandering 2017
The end of 2017 is approaching, so it feels like a good time to stop for a moment and take stock of this blogging year. This blog has been (and hopefully will be) a great CPD tool, as well as a great place to come to when I needed to put something into writing in …
This year I have been given many more YL classes at school, so expect to read posts on teaching children or teenagers. Contrary to what I believed, I am actually enjoying the new challenge. I will keep track of my progress and any difficulties or issues that arise here on this blog. As usual, thank …
Taking a break
As you can see, I haven’t been posting for a while. Those of you who (used to) follow me on Twitter might have noticed I have been absent from there too — I have actually deleted my account recently, in favour of Mastodon. I think I need to take a short break from the ELT …
Mastodon
Though it is cloudy the way before us is clear; to act we must choose From Algot @Algot@mastodon.cloud Many people have written about the freer, decentralised, harassment-free alternative to Twitter. So why am I writing this post? Well, I felt I needed to write down my own personal point of view after many people asked …
'I don't understand nothing!'
How many times have we hear this phrase coming out of one of our student’s mouth? The student who feels she can’t understand ‘nothing’ because she missed a word — or even a phrase — and so switches off completely for the rest of the listening activity, or of the whole lesson. Recently, one of the tasks …
Planning one-to-one lessons
Some time ago I wrote about how I (am required to) plan my lessons. What I wrote there actually only applies to groups. Apparently, I do not have to produce such an accurate plan for my individual students. To tell you the truth, nobody ever told me what I am supposed to produce for these …
2017 Eaquals conference workshop: quality fallout
I am thrilled and terrified to announce that a colleague and I will be presenting a workshop at the upcoming Eaquals Annual Conference in Riga, Latvia, in April this year.
Two years blogging: Happy 2017!
I started this blog on 1st January 2015, so today marks the second ‘birthday’ of this blog. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to keep it updated regularly, but one of my 2017 resolutions is working on this. I’m immensely grateful to all the colleagues and strangers who passed by, left a comment or a ‘star’, …