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The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Three Board Pens

David Petrie — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:05:31 GMT

On the third day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: three board pens Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth clutching...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Fo(u)r Recalling Words…

David Petrie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:44:54 GMT

On the fourth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: fo(u)r recalling words Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Five Favourite Things

David Petrie — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:47:48 GMT

On the fifth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: FIVE FAVOURITE THINGS Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Six Games Worth Playing

David Petrie — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:42:11 GMT

On the sixth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: six games worth playing Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Seven simple statements

David Petrie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:24:39 GMT

On the seventh day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: seven simple statements Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Eight talks worth watching

David Petrie — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:10:42 GMT

On the eighth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: eight talks worth watching Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: Nine pretty pictures (#eltpics)

David Petrie — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:13:20 GMT

On the ninth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: nine pretty pictures Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: ten tricks for reading

David Petrie — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:21:06 GMT

On the tenth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: ten tricks for reading Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: eleven tips for writing

David Petrie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:00:42 GMT

On the eleventh day of Geekmas, teflgeek gave to me: 11 tips for writing Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth...(read more)

The Twelve Days of Geekmas: twelve blogs worth clutching (#Eddies11)

David Petrie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:00:41 GMT

On the twelfth day of Geekmas, teflgeek gave to me: 12 blogs worth clutching. Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way! Sorry about...(read more)

Coming Soon!!! In December!!! The Twelve Days of Geekmas!

David Petrie — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:55 GMT

That’s right! In honour of that special time of year, when morale starts once again to lift in anticipation of the holiday season, teflgeek is preparing it’s very own twelve days of geekmas. teflgeek’s taken one of the most beloved christmas carols and...(read more)

Say that again? avoiding repetition & developing paraphrase

David Petrie — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:28:31 GMT

Trying to come up with new and interesting ways of saying the same old thing is a skill that taxes most of us on a daily basis: ”I like your hair.” ”Your hair looks nice.” ”Wow! Have you had your hair done?” ”That new style really suits you!” For language...(read more)

The future of language schools?

David Petrie — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:08:48 GMT

While strolling gently through the internet this morning I caught a glimpse of the possibly chilling future of language schools. And we were defunct. Shabbily dressed individuals hanging around outside railway stations bearing signs reading “Will teach...(read more)

IATEFL BESIG – Lesson plan competition

David Petrie — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:00:18 GMT

Calling all Business English Teachers – this one’s for you! The IATEFL BESIG, in conjunction with CUP’s Professional English Online website, are running a Lesson plan competition . It’s open to all (as long as you haven’t had materials previously commercially...(read more)

From Riddle to Twittersphere: David Crystal tells the story of English in 100 words

David Petrie — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:00:02 GMT

Following on from the success of the recent Radio 4 series “ A History of the World in 100 objects “, linguist and novelist David Crystal attempts to do the same for the English language. An interesting read for any and all language teachers and language...(read more)