teaching - training & coaching in words

My books are both for business and pleasure… in different styles and for different purposes… all with English in mind… for English Teachers & Students *Literaturebooks for the budding English readers… short stories in two levelsStories For English (also...

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English in a Cup of Tea ! Really fast, quick English in a few minutes a day... in less time than you need to drink a cup of tea... A short course for all the general English you need in everyday situations... to support teaching and learning functional...

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Stories are more often than not overlooked in the teaching of English... and when used in lessons and courses are often misused... sadly... Let's first remember that a story, to be effectively used int a course or lesson, needs to suit the level the English...

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Not a day goes by without me hearing one teacher or another complain that students don’t want to learn… or don’t work at what they should learn… which is too often true but again not a day goes by without me seeing that most teachers start their career...

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Left to my own devices I would reform the whole university system altogether and bring it down to what people need for their culture and work... University courses today have left it at what university was when universities were invented (since the very...

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In his latest Nespresso ad where he and a lady mistake their suitcases at the airport and then meet to exchange them... And that's when she realises he's not the man she expected him to be... 'I always expected you to be more... -taller ?' answers George......

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Having taught English and coached in English for over 35 years I still fail to understand how so many teachers get through their teaching career with one or two books... or even none at all... I have always said and practiced that a good teacher should...

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I never fail to wonder when I see all those coaches swarming all over the social and professional networks and boards... what those coaches may offer... I came to coaching in my early forties... and, as experienced as I was being a work-worn teacher,...

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Everywhere you go you hear people say how little or no time they have and yet… little do they want to acknowledge how much –and so very much- time they’re wasting… My whole life has been a race against the clock… of beating the clock… but I have a talent...

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Daft Punk (Beg – PI) – Around The World One More Time First given the brush off by a British journalist –who did not know he was to give them their new name- the French post-funk duo has become famous for their disco beat songs centered around the techno...

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