This is a plug for the next enthralling (uneditied, warts and all) installment of my most probably never to be published/finished novel which you can find here.There is also a rather hopeful link sitting under the good reads list of links on this blog. You never know.If you have a (quite a) few … [Read more...]
Developing comprehension
December 6, 2006 By 6 Comments
As I mentioned in a recent post about comprehension skills, in order to develop my own comprehension level, I have started listening to Italian radio - Radio 1 - which has some music, but a lot of phone-ins about topical social and economic issues affecting Italy. It's early days yet, but while I … [Read more...]
The things a girl will do
December 5, 2006 By 3 Comments
There was a disconcerting article in the news yesterday. Apparently a 13 year old Italian girl had been selling nude photos of herself to her classmates. She had even managed to 'work' with others who kindly took the photos.Could this type of behaviour have anything to do with the nightly … [Read more...]
Comprehension
December 4, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I have come across this phenomenon a few times - people who can speak English very well indeed and are capable of using a wide variety of natural expressions, but, for some reason they are not always able to understand certain aspects of the content of more complex conversations. These people … [Read more...]
Multi-talented
December 4, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Di Mackey is another English teacher like me, but, unlike me, she takes some pretty amazing photos. I have always loved photographs of people that are able to capture expressions and emotions relating to a fleeting moment. Di is very good at this type of image and her photos of people are well … [Read more...]
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