The Right Accent?
There's an interesting story on the Guardian TEFL diary about changing attitudes to accents in the US school system. Here's[...]
READ MOREA Fresh One
The blog is back. And the weather's turned bad, or worse, seeing as it's Ireland we're talking about. The rain[...]
READ MORECats’ Revenge
Cats revengeYesterday was one of the biggest days in the Irish sporting calendar: the All-Ireland Hurling Final. Kilkenny took on[...]
READ MOREDo the Right Thing
Earlier in the week my class had a lesson on Cultural Dos and Don'ts. We learnt about what to do[...]
READ MOREPostcards 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[...]
READ MOREAll the Time
It would be rude, I think, not to comment on the lack of a blog last week. I was, you[...]
READ MOREThe Best Way to Learn?
For a recent Irish Times feature 3 journalists tried out different ways of language learning: total immersion; tandem teaching; and[...]
READ MOREMust 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[...]
READ MOREWhack for me Daddy-O
The Irish life and culture course continued this week with traditional music. We learnt about its origins in the oral[...]
READ MOREMy 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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