Teaching & Learning English
MAT 马特 I first heard somebody say that the use of the word seagull was wrong in the early 90s but had largely forgotten about it until this week when somebody corrected me for use of the word and the next day I happened across a letter to the Metro complaining about usage of the word (see image … Read more
Upon returning to England I took on a tutoring assignment to support an undergraduate student in her writing with the aim of moving her from a 2:2 to a 2:1. We got off to a slightly shaky start when the first assignment with my input returned a 2:2. However, the strategy of using it as … Read more
Having worked in English language education, teaching and assessment in China for over twelve years, I have noticed certain trends in the language difficulties Chinese learners of English experience. I share them here as a resource for other English teachers. I will no doubt update this post a few times as this is by no … Read more
How good it is to have no deadline coming up! My doctoral (EdD) thesis was accepted by the Open University last week and I am now free to get on with all the creative projects that have been on hold for the last year and a half, such as the construction of this website 🙂 … Read more