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Six favourite things I wrote for Onestopenglish | Six Things
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. Six favourite things I wrote for Onestopenglish. As many of you know, I got started really on my writing career with Onestopenglish. 8211; Macmillan’s resource site for teachers. As I went rummaging through my old folders the other day to prepare for this post I found lesson plans that went back as far as 2002! Long Anyway, when I heard that Onestopenglish was launching its (much needed) redesign (read about the details here. 1 A Metaphor lesson. To get the audio.
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Six people Darren Elliott would like to meet (and the questions he’d ask them) | Six Things
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. Six people Darren Elliott would like to meet (and the questions he’d ask them). Well, I have to admit I have been a bit naughty recently and not updated this blog, and with so little time left! Anyway, as promised I do have some more guest posts. This is a really nice one from Darren Elliott, a teacher based in Japan and owner of the Lives of Teachers. Here are six more people he’d like to meet. Darren, over to you…. I would like to ask him how NOVA got so big, ...
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Six Things » Lindsay Clandfield
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. I am a teacher, teacher trainer and author. I write books and materials for English language learners and teachers. My work takes me to interesting places all over the world, which is one of the reasons I’ve started blogging. I’m also interested in lists. To find out more about my work, including writing and awards, click here. I have also included a page detailing my upcoming talks and stuff. It is here. On December 12th, 2008. Who’s behind this? Teacher Reboot...
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Masked Translator: Let's all work for free, why don't we?
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Masked Translator is a professional freelance translator. I am the Zorro of the translation blog world! Masked Translator is not trying to sell you anything or self-promote. Masked Translator just wants to tell it like it is about the real life of a professional translator. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Let's all work for free, why don't we? This great article in the Monday New York Times. Is making the rounds, well worth a read, and you should do so now:. Translators Wanted at LinkedIn. The Pay? But Ms. K...
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Six Things » Blog Archive » Six ways to subvert tests
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. Laquo; Six favourite five minute activities (that aren't really five minutes). Six ways to subvert tests. I argued they could be… but that’s another discussion! However, I do feel that tests – many tests at least – are torture. And when I think about all the things we do in class: encouraging pairwork, comparing answers, using dictionaries etc it all can come apart when test time comes. What can the teacher do to counter this? 1 Open book/web test. Assign your t...
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Six Things » Blog Archive » Six pairs of contradictory proverbs
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. Laquo; Six rumours and conspiracy theories in ELT. Jamie Keddie’s Six Top Youtube videos. Six pairs of contradictory proverbs. The first time I saw an activity about Proverbs was in Penny Ur and Andrew Wright’s classic book Five Minute Activities. 1 Look before you leap. / He who hesitates is lost. 2 Absence makes the heart grow fonder. / Out of sight, out of mind. 3 The pen is mightier than the sword. / Actions speak louder than words. On May 25th, 2009. On May...
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What is Six Things? | Six Things
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. What is Six Things? THE SIX THINGS PROJECT IS NOW CLOSED. YOU ARE STILL WELCOME TO BROWSE AND COMMENT ON THE POSTS THOUGH. Six Things is a collection of miscellany from the world of English Language Teaching. Check out the Recent Posts. On the sidebar, or the menu a little further down for lists by category. Have fun, and please leave a comment if something interests you! To find out more, click on Who’s Behind this Blog. Or read the post Six Rules of this Blog.
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Six subtitled films | Six Things
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A Miscellany of English Language Teaching. Settle down with some colleagues, grab a cup of tea and enjoy! You are probably wondering what the football uniforms have to do with Dogme…. 1 ANY GIVEN DOGME. Any Given Sunday (German dubbed). This was my debut tribute to Scott Thornbury and Dogme methodology. Someone told me they used this video as an introduction to dogme in a workshop, which I loved! Here Al Pacino plays Thornbury, giving a dogme class to a group of football players. When the ash cloud hit E...
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