Monthly Archives: April 2008

Bed and Breakfast in Paris

Inspired in part by a quick romp through M. Le Prof’s blog and in part by one of my bosses’ recent, ahem, ‘conference’ trips (actually, that’s not fair, he really did go to a conference) to Paris, I’ve rekindled my … Continue reading

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Teacher Appreciation Week

In appreciation of teachers everywhere, Learning A-Z will open one of its six password-protected websites each day of Teacher Appreciation Week (not an oxymoron), May 5th – 9th, PLUS on May 12th, so teachers can download and print differentiated teaching … Continue reading

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The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning

The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning November 17th-19th, 2008 Banff, Canada This is all a bit freaky for me so I’ve just copied and pasted the blurb from the conference website: ‘There’s a … Continue reading

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ELT World News Blog

In a brave move to escape the clutches of blogspot, the latest news headlines will now be occupying their own blog: ELT World News. I’ll still be putting the headlines up here, but for the latest intrigue in the ever … Continue reading

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Around the Asia TEFL World in 80 seconds

China: Crazy English Accompanied by his photographer and his personal assistant, Li Yang stepped into a Beijing classroom and shouted, “Hello, everyone!” The students applauded. Li, the founder, head teacher, and editor-in-chief of Li Yang Crazy English, wore a dove-gray … Continue reading

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TEFL Headlines from the United States

Here’s the latest lowdown on what’s happening in the World of American TEFL: Arizona: Language Funding Becomes Law Without Signature Gov. Janet Napolitano let a bill that allocates an additional $40 million for English instruction become law without her signature … Continue reading

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US Headlines

Here’s the latest lowdown on what’s happening in the World of American TEFL: Arizona: Language Funding Becomes Law Without Signature Gov. Janet Napolitano let a bill that allocates an additional $40 million for English instruction become law without her signature … Continue reading

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Use that Mother Tongue or Die Tryin'

South Africa: Proper Use of Mother Tongue the Way Forward South Africa has arguably the most progressive language policy on paper. This fact is acknowledged by most people who are familiar with the sociology and the politics of language. In … Continue reading

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Use that Mother Tongue or Die Tryin’

South Africa: Proper Use of Mother Tongue the Way Forward South Africa has arguably the most progressive language policy on paper. This fact is acknowledged by most people who are familiar with the sociology and the politics of language. In … Continue reading

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Use that Mother Tongue or Die Tryin’

South Africa: Proper Use of Mother Tongue the Way Forward South Africa has arguably the most progressive language policy on paper. This fact is acknowledged by most people who are familiar with the sociology and the politics of language. In … Continue reading

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