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Margaret Atwood on Dickens, dragons and debt: an interactive video lesson (C1/C2)

This is based on a 2012 TVO interview in which she discusses her book "Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It includes cultural and...

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Humour in relationships

This is a C1/C2 level lesson with an interactive video from the School of Life. It includes both lexical and grammatical elements, with...

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Margaret Atwood on Dickens, dragons and debt: an interactive video lesson (C1/C2)

This is based on a 2012 TVO interview in which she discusses her book "Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It includes cultural and...

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Inversion using dictogloss/interactive H5P presentation

I'm just starting out with H5P and I must admit I'm pretty excited by all of the opportunities for interactive learning content. Here's a...

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Start the year off with love

This C1/C2 EFL lesson on self-care and meditation was inspired by The 10% Happier podcast. It includes lexical chunks,...

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Reframing the native-speaker debate: we need to give interlanguage its due

The assumption that being a native speaker of English makes you better able to teach it is becoming increasingly untenable. While this...

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Towards a cyborg pedagogy?

In my recent TESOL Spain talk I talked about teachers' relationship to technology, our sense of identity and Marshall McLuhan's...

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Improve your writing with Google Docs and Grammarly

This tutorial shows how to use Google Docs and Grammarly to identify mistakes in your writing so that you can improve it dramatically. If...

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Margaret Atwood on Dickens, dragons and debt: an interactive video lesson (C1/C2)

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Humour in relationships

Margaret Atwood on Dickens, dragons and debt: an interactive video lesson (C1/C2)

Inversion using dictogloss/interactive H5P presentation

Start the year off with love

Reframing the native-speaker debate: we need to give interlanguage its due

Towards a cyborg pedagogy?

Improve your writing with Google Docs and Grammarly

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