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Do the Right Thing

Earlier in the week my class had a lesson on Cultural Dos and Don'ts.  We learnt about what to do[...]

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Postcards from the Edge (of Europe)

Postcards from the Edge (of Europe) What postcards say "Ireland" to you?  The Irish Times asked some artists and photographers[...]

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All the Time

It would be rude, I think, not to comment on the lack of a blog last week.  I was, you[...]

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The Best Way to Learn?

For a recent Irish Times feature 3 journalists tried out different ways of language learning: total immersion; tandem teaching; and[...]

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Must I play by the rules?

A lecturer from Dublin City University was on the radio a few days ago speaking about a planned course in[...]

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Whack for me Daddy-O

The Irish life and culture course continued this week with traditional music.  We learnt about its origins in the oral[...]

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My Own Two Feet

To continue on the theme of body related idioms and expressions, I thought I'd talk about feet, those oddly shaped[...]

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Pearly whites

With an upcoming trip to the dentist's in mind, I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk about teeth.  Yes,[...]

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What a day!

With exams fast on the way, we've had a quiet week.  Literature class regulars have been deep in the past[...]

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Here comes everybody

I've taken my title from a study of James Joyce by the English novelist Anthony Burgess (He wrote A Clockwork[...]

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