Iz Dis 4 Sirius
A British professor faced with horrible spelling by students, suggests if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In other words, professors should accept incorrect spellings as variants He notably cites among...
View ArticleOlympics Vocabulary
Since the Summer Olympic Games have opened in Beijing, I wanted to share some Olympics vocab in English. It's a fun topic and almost everyone watches or at least keeps track of what's going on. So take...
View ArticleCelebrate Your Freedom: Read a Banned Book
This week (Sept. 27th to Oct 4th) is National Banned Book week in the US. This week is dedicated to celebrating freedom of speech by reminding people of what happens when books are banned. Societies...
View ArticleElection Day Lesson Resources
I've been planning a conversation lesson around the 2008 US presidential election and I thought I would share some resources I found.With any conversation class, you want to make sure you have lots of...
View ArticleI’ve Been in Mourning for Harvard’s Endowment
Sorry this blog has been dead for the past month. Mr. Computer died and no one knew what was wrong with it. It seems to be working now, but I still don't have a clear diagnosis of what the problem...
View ArticleUK Department In Charge of Unis Criticized for Language
The Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills was told by Parliament that its annual report makes no sense. Specifically, the report uses too much jargon and ambiguity to hide the fact that the...
View ArticleWords in the News: Hung Parliament
I was going to write about this since many people have been following the UK elections, but in searching for a good clear explanation, I found that Wil's World of Words had beaten me to it. So as he...
View ArticlePhrase Not Found Cafe Was Already Copyrighted
China has been taking great strides preparing for the Summer Olympics which open today. (In fact, why am I blogging when I should have the TV on, waiting for the Opening Ceremonies?) They've been...
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