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My IELTS Speaking Test is tomorrow – Can you help me TODAY?
This is a cry that I get often. I really don’t understand why people leave it so late. Going over the exam procedure, making sure that you know what to do and when things are happening, checkin… more →
Rliberni's Blog - Radical language
My four Ps for polished performance in English language.
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wrote 2 months ago: The idea for this post came out of a text chat discussion we had on Gapfillers a little while ago wh … more →
My IELTS Speaking Test is tomorrow - Can you help me TODAY?
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wrote 3 months ago: This is a cry that I get often. I really don’t understand why people leave it so late. Going … more →
25th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival - November 2011.
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wrote 7 months ago: I am thrilled to be holding the 25th EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival here this month (November 2011). The … more →
IELTS Myths
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wrote 9 months ago: I have worked with IELTS students for many years and over this time students have told me many thing … more →
Who's in my PLN? My very enlightening interview
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wrote 11 months ago: In May Brad Patterson threw down a challenge to members of our PLN (Professional Learning Network) - … more →
English language learning tips - my Top 10 posts
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wrote 1 year ago: I decided to go through my archives today and see which of my posts for English language learners we … more →
Is learning English becoming overwhelming?
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wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes everything comes to a head and we have so much still to learn and we don’t seem to b … more →
Setting SMART goals for your English language learning.
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wrote 1 year ago: You have a language dream – how can you get there? Start with your destination. Don’t wo … more →
Playing role-play games online - how these can develop language.
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wrote 1 year ago: Role play games can be fun learning tools for developing language. They give you an opportunity for … more →
Grammar is dead - Long live grammar!
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wrote 1 year ago: Grammar seems to have featured a lot recently in discussions on language teaching: Is it important? … more →
Sharing diaries - Writing from the heart
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the 3rd and final part in my series on writing for a wider audience. In this final piece I w … more →
Getting your voice heard - authentic writing for English language students
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wrote 1 year ago: This is second post in a 3-part series about how to write for a wider audience than your English tea … more →
Using blogs to help your writing skills, the how, the why and the what
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the first of a 3-part series about writing and how you can explore ways in which to write fo … more →
How to be a good language student! 10 suggestions
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wrote 1 year ago: My wonderful teacher workshop group I have been teaching quite a few students over the summer and wa … more →
Prepositions - pearls of great price!
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been doing some work on prepositions lately and it struck me that for such insignificant … more →
English language courses in the UK - does the world end at Oxford?
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wrote 2 years ago: As many of you will know I live in North Yorkshire the most northern part of the biggest county in E … more →
Preparing for language exams
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wrote 2 years ago: I’ve just been helping my 11 year-old daughter prepare for an end of term French test. I was i … more →
So, why the silence?
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wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a while since I posted anything related to language and I must, in the first instanc … more →
How to keep motivated in language learning.
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wrote 2 years ago: How can you keep motivated when learning a language? This is a million dollar question! If everybody … more →
