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101 of keeping a language journal

Last week I talked about the benefits of journalling in language teaching and learning. We looked at possible kinds of journals in and outside the language classroom and today I’d like to focus on some practical aspects of keeping a journal. If you decide to take up this activity, or ask your students to start […]

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Journal much?

Hello again! You might have noticed that I was silent for quite a long time and I’m going to tell you why. Too much of the same thing is never good, so it’s only natural that when I combined my passions for writing and making art into a part-time job and became an editor and […]

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Falling in love with online teaching

Anybody who knows me, my students included, also knows that I never really enjoyed using technology beyond sending e-mails, browsing the internet and communicating on social media. As far as I can remember, I used to say that online teaching is nothing for me and that I can’t imagine working like that. Well, (wo)man proposes […]

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The listening DOs and DON’Ts

In my previous post I talked about how listening helps you improve your language in many different areas and that podcasts are a convenient and enjoyable way to practise listening. Some of my students occasionaly complain, however, that listening is too difficult for them, they find it hard to understand fast(er) connected speech, especially when […]

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The choice is yours

This whole post is very different from what it should have been. First of all, it should have been published on Sunday. Today is Thursday. I was planning to write about attending the 2020 Celebration Conference organized by ILC, which was supposed to take place this past Saturday. It didn’t happen. The conference was postponed […]

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10 things NOT to do this year (if you want to improve your English) Part I.

New year, new you, new possibilities. The beginning of a new year is sort of a magical time in a way that it usually makes people feel super motivated. The “clean slate” of the new year gives them hope that no matter how many times they failed (or they think they failed), this time they’re […]