I haven’t had a go at Dave Sperling for a while and perhaps don’t need to thanks to Gary’s excellent piece on the ESL Cafe on his Mexile blog. Sphere: Related Content
Monthly Archive: February 2009
Feb
28
Feb
23
Languages as endangered species
Of the 6,000 or so languages still heard in the world, about 2,500 are at risk, and 199 have fewer than 10 speakers left, according to Unesco, as noted in the Chronicle of higher education. To bring attention to the plight of these endangered linguistic species, Unesco today unveiled an interactive online version of the …
Feb
19
7 reasons why you have no chance of learning another language
We have a snowball’s chance in hell of learning another language, particularly inside the language classroom, if the TEFL Cynic is to be believed: Not particularly well-kept secret of TEFL #14,793: Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Whatever you do, don’t tell the punters it’s them who have to put in the …
Feb
17
Custom Essays… for dummies?
Having delved into the murky world of customized essay writing, I’ve decided to look a little further and discuss the issue in more detail in the form of a short Q and A session… What is a custom essay? Tradition demands I should start a quick definition: A custom essay is a paper written by …
Feb
16
Custom written essays: What’s all this about then?
Like them or not, custom essay writing services are here to stay. As someone who assigns and even occasionally receives student essays on a regular basis, some of which lean towards the ‘not entirely original’, it’s probably for the best to get to grips with the type of services they can offer your students. As …
Feb
07
English language teachers’ new role?
Look, we simply don’t get paid enough to have to deal with this kind of crap, OK? We’re in this for the sheer fun of it, the ‘alternative’ lifestyle and the chance to experience exotic locales. The last bloody thing we need is someone trying to turn this into a bona fide profession. However, that’s …
Feb
02
7 things you probably don’t know about me
We have blogging legend EFL Geek to thank for this particular post. OK, so here’s the deal… 1 Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog 2 Share 7 facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird 3 Tag seven people at the end of your post 4 Let …