As I clearly have too much time on my hands, inspired by u/hurball on Reddit I’ve decided to see how easy it is to manage PSG on Football Manager. However, to make things even easier for myself, I’ve decided to play Craig Dawson at striker

My wonderkid was only 23 when I transfer listed him because he was too old

It was great to attend my first PronSIG conference on Saturday, and meet and listen to so many experts and fellow phonology fans. Here's to many more! #PronSIG2021

New blog post: What many people don’t know is that Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington are accomplished English teachers. This article analyses the methods, approaches, and assumptions about language learning used in their showcase lesson. teflincolombia.com/2021/10/25/rev…

Because they derive from ‘will’ and ‘shall’, the Ls in WOULD and SHOULD were once pronounced, and only fell silent in the 16-1700s. Because COULD comes from ‘can’, its L isn’t original and was deliberately added in the 1400s to make all three words appear similar.

🌟New blog post!🌟 How do you know your learners are enjoying their lesson? Listen! Here's a zero prep activity you can use to hear satisfying sounds of an engaged classroom. emilybrysonelt.com/2021/11/08/the… #ESOL #TESOL #TEFL #EFLchat #GraphicFacilitation #drawingELT #ELTwhiteboard

(1/4) Unlike many other European countries, Ireland included, covid is no longer big news in Spain. While that may change in the months to come I think the Spanish have done a pretty good job of "living with the virus" - everything is open, pretty-much restriction-free because...

Teacher sues over native-speakerism

At various points throughout the year, the hottest part of the solar system is Didcot. There is a nuclear fusion reactor there that can reach temperatures higher than the sun.

Enjoyed this. No doubt, like, loads of people will now insist that it’s, like, totally wrong. They’ll be all, like, I don’t mind that language changes, but this is just Bad English. And I’ll be like, no, it’s not. theguardian.com/science/2022/m…

🇪🇸Following Girona's promotion last night, worth a reminder that LaLiga Santander offers some of the most varied and rewarding away days in world football. Drink it in, in alphabetical order 🧵

Joining the elton naicker blogging world with a post about using OpenAI to create language teaching materials. My 2022 take, inspired by a 2012 @thornburyscott blog post. samueltgravell.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/sco…

How good is ChatGPT at writing English essays? As an English teacher of 15 years I've been playing about with it and I think we need to pay attention to this. ⬇️ 🧵

Planning is thinking. AI cannot create a perfect lesson plan, but it can help us in the process. #chatgpt #teachers #TeachersOfEnglish #ELT

Today my 1-on-1 student put me on the spot by requesting extra practice with 'whose' in non-defining relative clauses. One simple instruction (plus a few minor edits) was all it took for ChatGPT to save the day yet again. #CheatGPT

exploring how a private student, hairdresser, could use ChatGPT for practice...and I'm dead.