Here is a very interesting post from Scott Thornbury on the nature of language:
http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/l-is-for-language/
Linguistics
Video-based reflection for teachers, Part 1 – Evolutions
This is the first part of what promises to be a very interesting and thorough series of posts which should provoke a good deal of reflection among us teacher. I’m looking forward to the next parts.
http://tomtesol.com/blog/2013/03/video-reflection-for-teachers-part-1/
Language Teaching Professionals on Facebook
Here’s a link to a page on Facebook by David Paul which is full of useful and interesting information for language teachers:
Conference Preview: The Impact of Formative Assessment on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Enhancement by Syuzanna Torosyan | TESOL Greece Blog
Thinking big, making small changes | The Breathy Vowel
A very interesting post on a topic we should all think about:
http://breathyvowel.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/thinking-big-making-small-changes/#comment-928
This corpora-bashing parrot has ceased to be | EFL Notes
An interesting article, and an interesting debate.
http://eflnotes.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/this-corpora-bashing-parrot-has-ceased-to-be/
Evidence Based EFL: If you need to explain why it’s wrong…
100th Post
This is my 100th post on this blog, and I feel this is a good occasion to thank all the people who have visited this site and shown interest in what I have published here. I hope you have found it useful.
Using a genre approach for writing
For several years I have used a genre approach to teaching writing, and have spoken about it at conferences and in in-house training sessions. Here is an article which explains how to use this approach, which I think is very interesting:
Watch “Michael Halliday – Language evolving: Some systemic functional reflections on the history of meaning” on YouTube
A chance to see Michael Halliday in action:
David's ESOL Blog 