(Critical) Language Research: A Waste of Time?
Critical mass (noun) Definition 1. point of change: a point or situation at which change occurs A bit of a gap I had said to myself, and to others recently, that I wouldn’t be writing anything for a...
View ArticleBeing Critical About Crime: My Personal Experience
This little blog post is less about the English language and more about something that happened to me yesterday which I need to write about and get off my chest. I became a victim of ‘crime’ yesterday...
View ArticleThinking critically about which English you teach
Critical mass (noun) Definition 1. point of change: a point or situation at which change occurs It’s time to move on from the theft experience last week. I thank everyone for their support and am now...
View ArticleIs grading ever fair? Being critical about marking student work
Critical mass (noun) Definition 1. point of change: a point or situation at which change occurs “This morning I took out a comma, and this afternoon I put it back again.” Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and...
View ArticleLeague Tables, Greece and the EU: an insider/outsider perspective
Critical mass (noun) Definition 1. point of change: a point or situation at which change occurs Explaining the Photo This is not a post about ELT, but well sometimes there are other things that need...
View ArticleCritical DOGME or DOGME with Sympathy for the Critical?
The Background Back in June 2009, Scott Thornbury wrote a post on the British Council blog called “DOGME: Nothing if not critical”. A long discussion took place between Scott, myself, Diarmuid Fogarty...
View ArticleMy Guest Post on “Though Cowards Flinch”
I did a guest post last week, in honour of International Women’s Day, on a UK socialist blog called “Though Cowards Flinch”. You can find it here I would like to thank @DaveSemple, the coordinator of...
View ArticleIt’s all in the accent: Being critical about how you teach pronunciation
Whatever other speech you grow into….your dialect stays alive in a sort of inner freedom, a separate little self Ted Hughes, Poet, cited in Corcoran 1993:114 *this blog post is based on an article...
View ArticleTaking a (Critical) Break: The Power of E-Relationships
I am going to be taking a bit of a break from my blog until some time in 2011 (I can’t say for sure when but hopefully before Easter). The main reason being that I am pregnant and need to cut down a...
View ArticleWelcoming Difference: Being critical about why we blog.
Our reasons for blogging are as diverse as we are Critical mass (noun) Definition 1. point of change: a point or situation at which change occurs Hello Again! It’s been a long time since I visited my...
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