This clip comes from the British Comic Relief show (a yearly show designed to raise money for charity) where Katherine Tate as a surly teenager cross examines her new Scottish English teacher and then moves on to Shakespeare.
Continue ReadingRosetta Stone (CALL Software)
Rosetta Stone is the name of proprietary piece of software for language learning. The name comes from the Rosetta Stone, a large carved stone from Ancient Egypt with a single text in 3 languages which was used as an aid to translation. The principle of the Rosetta Stone software is […]
Continue ReadingQuotations (TEFAL)
Here are some poignant quotes about TEFAL teaching. I took a TEFAL course to get a handle on this pan-dimensional subject. I got a job teaching TEFAL in China but just couldn’t stick it out. TEFAL is often panned as a job Occasionally there’s a sticky situation […]
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Quick Edit is a simple CALL activity which lets students work together in writing texts. It helps with critical reading and also allows peer checking which means grammar, spelling and vocabulary checks. Essentially it is a form of Peer Correction. Note that although this is presented as a CALL activity, […]
Continue ReadingPunctuation Saves Lives (TEFAL)
An idea of how important it is to punctuate correctly. Punctuation does, indeed, save lives…
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