Are there any types doing a PhD reading this blog? I doubt it, they would not find much of interest here, unless they are doing sociology perhaps.Anyway, as you may know, I teach English for a living and I am forever hammering on about the benefits of regularly watching English language TV to … [Read more...]
British for children
January 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Does the title of this entry make sense? If so, please enlighten me. And perhaps the education authorities here in Milan, for it was they who entitled a section in their brochure promoting infant schools with these words. The title in Italian is "Inglese per bambini", which, thankfully … [Read more...]
A tip for those writing in another language
September 8, 2005 By Leave a Comment
If you are lucky enough to have a full time connection to the www, then you can use it to check what you are writing, when you are writing in a language which is not your own.You simply do a search on the word or phrase you are unsure about - you could search for whole sentences, but unless it is … [Read more...]
So you wanna learn English?
August 31, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Obviously, the marketing bods reckon that zillions of Italians have discovered that their knowledge of my good old mother tongue is not quite up to scratch, which is why, and it happens every year in this period, the TV screens are starting to fill up with adverts trying to persuade you to buy some … [Read more...]
An interesting week
June 26, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In one of the forums I participate in from time to time I go by the user name of 'Jakofal', and this is probably pretty accurate. I am a dabbler, have always been a dabbler and probably always will be. I not only like knowing how to do things, but also understanding how to do them well. Lots of … [Read more...]
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