Everything English, everything music.

06/02/2015

http://www.britishcouncil.org/blog/how-get-started-as-online-teacher-english?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-teachingenglish

Have you thought about teaching English online? Emma Segev, second-time winner of the British Council’s Teaching English blog award, gives some practical tips to get started.

16/12/2014

Certain elements of textspeak are arguably an acceptable form of what essentially amounts to a dialect developed for the internet, where we communicate solely through text. Concision is valued in this scenario as much as creative ways to express our tone and intent, so indicating laughter with "lol" or using emoticons to indicate an emotion may be just the "evolution" of language.

23/07/2014

I've loved the Glaswegian accent all my life! Scots rule! They are brave, they take the p**s out of themselves, they are drunk bastards and they are impossible to understand to all other English speakers!

But they are jolly fellows whose heads don't button up the back! Here, a neutral english voice recognition lift suffers the joy of being a Scot!

I would like to dedicate this post to my friend Omar Kraiquer who loves them too. One day we might walk the luvely streets of Glasgow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ

For those having trouble with the accent, see transcript below. [Iain] Where's the buttons? [Rob] Oh no, they've installed voice-recognition technology in th...

12/05/2014

Never, never, never judge a book by its cover.

10/03/2014

Verbs... Easy ones.

10/03/2014

Giving basic directions in the heat of the moment is quite a challenge. Here is a simple chart.

20/02/2014

Idioms are very interesting. Yet, sometimes, it's very difficult to commit them to memory. Relating them to posters and specific topics might help you remember.

18/02/2014

Kids today...

22/01/2014

27/12/2013

Ahhh, our endless desire. Also, a great way to practise the IF ONLY structure.

12/12/2013

It may be the greatest of all paradoxes the fact that our technological evolution is key in making us step backwards as humans.