one year

Using Resources Efficiently in ELT: Bilgi ELT Conference 2012

Adam — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:12:28 +0000

In which I finally return to my old haunt! This weekend I will be attending and presenting at the Bilgi University conference. The theme, ‘Using resources efficiently’, is a good one and I have...

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Video Clips for Classroom Use from BBC Motion Gallery

Adam — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:58:43 +0000

I’ve just discovered the BBC Motion Gallery, which is a collection of short video clips on a huge variety of subjects. These are aimed at educational use, so take a look, as there might be...

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Textbooks are expensive: How can I help my students?

Adam — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:47:54 +0000

A post in which I reflect on the joys of the internet in making course books cheaper to find and purchase When I was a student one of the main things that upset me was the outrageous price of text...

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#EAPChat: The pros and cons of the five-paragraph essay

Adam — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:14:31 +0000

The five-paragraph essay: the scourge of many an ELT writing class… but is it really a bad thing? For at least a couple of years at the start of my career teaching academic English, the...

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The Third International ELT Students Conference

Adam — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:02:28 +0000

This weekend I have been invited to present at the Third International ELT Students Conference at Boğaziçi University. Organized by five students from Boğaziçi University and Istanbul Bilgi...

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Dealing with plagiarism? First, teach what it means to plagiarize

Adam — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:36:06 +0000

Luckily, very few of my students blatantly cheat in their writing. Catching a student plagiarizing in their written work is a horrible feeling, it really is. The worst thing for me is that, in almost...

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The power of the poster

Adam — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:43:33 +0000

It’s nice to actually write about teaching again. It’s been a while. They were tired. They didn’t want to do any work. They were visibly slouching down in their seats, losing the battle...

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A tale of two conferences (part two)

Adam — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:04:31 +0000

I could’ve written more, but then again, why, when so many people are doing a better job of it? It was the best of conferences, it was the worst of conferences, it was the conference of wisdom, it...

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A tale of two conferences (part one)

Adam — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:02:40 +0000

Part of the Gulf trilogy It was the best of times… no, really, it was. Can it really only have been two and a half weeks since I set off on the red-eye flight from Istanbul to Dubai? Time, it would...

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Service has been temporarily disrupted… Please switch over to IATEFL Glasgow Online

Adam — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:52:10 +0000

So, for the next week I’ll be at IATEFL Glasgow reporting on the various goings on as one of the British Council’s roving reporters. I’ll try to do my best to keep all those of you...

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