teaching - training & coaching in words

When I was a student I had to study in different places and even different countries… and travelling meant time ! So… I resorted to recording my lessons without my teachers knowing… and replaying them over and over to revise and consolidate the benefits...

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In my childhood days our English was the BBC’s… although sometimes we got cockney and Yorkshire pudding… or was it English… even when we lived in Iran where my father worked mostly with American colleagues... and American English was largely spoken even...

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Testing Understanding in English is relatively easy… yet needs to be done properly… as most students think –or claim- they understand much more than they actually do… When I ask them without testing most of them will tell me there a level that is really...

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The older I get the more shocked I am at seeing and hearing how incompetent English teachers are... I get to hear them and about them all the time... and it's obvious that most of them couldn't teach to save their life ! I will pass on those English teachers...

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As exposed in my Singin' To English book, singing to English is a great exercise to practise your English in many ways... if lyrics are selected appropriately... For the discerning fan there is a wealth of songs to choose from... in most styles too......

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The Comprehensive Teacher offers hands-on experience in teaching... for both budding as well as experienced English teachers. It collects ideas, material and information... as well as guidance, exercises and food for thought... The Comprehensive Teacher...

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Publishers today don't do their work nor homework anymore... i.e. look for writers and scout talent... and promote writers... writers who made them rich and famous as they are today... They're sitting there expecting you to send them their next best seller......

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More and more people own an eReader and buy eBooks and AudioBooks... but not everyone wants to buys books or eBooks... Many are happy just borrowing eBooks to read them... and more and more libraries are lending eBooks too ! Reading eBooks will also make...

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Nobody can tell what will become of a language... and nobody can predict what the future of English will be... might be even... We're all trying to keep up, to teach, to learn to speak English... often each to their own... but a language evolves as per...

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Learnt this American word from a Judge Judy (who didn't know either) court case... A witness had 'tailgated' a football match... Upon the request of the 70 odd honorable American judge, the witness had to explain that this meant that... not being able...

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