Monthly Archives: September 2010

The story continues

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

A few days ago I wrote a post  about how I’m using email with one of my classes as a way to extend our lessons, and the learning process,  beyond the classroom.  In that post I looked at the summaries … Continue reading →

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Every lesson tells a story …

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

[This post was initially written in two parts. Part two, which talks about using stories for teacher observations, can now be found here. ] I recently started a course with a class of intermediate, adult students.  One of the things … Continue reading →

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The Day Nothing Became Everything – a guest post by Cecilia Coelho

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

I’m really pleased to be able to introduce my first guest to the blog, Cecilia Coelho, a teacher and trainer working in Brazil.   She, too, took the English Raven challenge.  And here’s her “close up” on how she took the plunge.  Thanks, … Continue reading →

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Taking the plunge

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

This post was inspired by an English Raven challenge.  (See also What’s your approach called? Mine’s called SLIL for the result of an earlier challenge ). Jason Renshaw, on his superb blog, challenged teachers to take on an “upside-down, inside-out” approach to … Continue reading →

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a conversation about twitter

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

Sitting at the kitchen table, checking tweetdeck. I liked the questions and where they led us, and the outsider’s view on my new (ish) obsession C = me S= my eight year old son S Why’s your photo on that … Continue reading →

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linguistic identities 2 – a postscript

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

(Scroll down a couple of paragraphs for part one, or click here. ) So, our visitors have gone, and so have the Yorkshire accents.   It didn’t take long.  Within about four hours of saying a teary goodbye to their (now) … Continue reading →

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