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100 words

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Ceri Jones

Following on from the class I wrote about in the last post , I received this piece of homework from one of the students.  I’ve added the photo as it’s one of my favourite beaches too – cows and all! TEXT: MY  … Continue reading →

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first steps

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Ceri Jones

In my last post I talked about a new class I’m teaching and some of the thoughts coming out of the first lesson.  In this post I’m moving on to lesson two … Of course, no lesson is an island, … Continue reading →

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barefoot with beginners

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Ceri Jones

A few weeks ago I started a new class. An A1.1 class.  It’s been a long time since I’ve taught beginners. Or I should say it’s been a long time since I taught English to beginners. It’s a small class. … Continue reading →

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linguistic identities 2 – a postscript

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ceri Jones

(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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linguistic identities

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ceri Jones

We have visitors this week.  Family from Yorkshire, including one of the kids’ cousins.  He’s seven. They’re six and eight. They’ve only ever seen him for a couple of hours at a time before. They’re really excited about getting to … Continue reading →

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out of the mouths of babes …

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Ceri Jones

I made a slip in my Spanish today when I was chatting to the grandmother of a friend of Sam’s (my 8 year old son).  I used a subjunctive form when I shouldn’t have.   It’s a simple slip – an … Continue reading →

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