Friday, 10 October 2025

should immigrant children be allowed to use their mother tongue in class?

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There has been quite a debate in Germany - with this story from two years ago:  Immigrant children must only speak German at schools, conser...
Friday, 3 October 2025

Lexical Lab: learn languages with an online teacher through everyday english and common words, chunks, idioms, phrasal verbs, phrases and expressions used in spoken language

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Experienced teachers Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley have put together an online learning and teacher-training platform:  Language Learning a...
Thursday, 2 October 2025

how government policies on migration impact language schools in the uk

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It seems rather too easy for governments to bring down 'migration' numbers by bringing down the number of foreign students - and thi...
Tuesday, 30 September 2025

clichés, pragmatics and how we use language to connect us beyond the actual words used

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What is the purpose of language? Do words carry meaning? Is language communication? These are questions Michael Rosen looks at in his excell...
Monday, 29 September 2025

embracing digital creativity in the esl/esol/tefl classroom

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We can worry about  replacing teachers with AI  - or we can 'embrace' the technology: How teachers say they're embracing AI in t...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

algospeak: how social media influences the way we talk

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As google AI tells us, in an easy definition of  algorithms: In simple terms, an algorithm is a set of step-by-step instructions for complet...

musical rhythm and learning a language

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What's the relationship between music and language? Jay Doubleyou: it ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it: intonati...