Articles in the ‘My Tuppence Worth’ Section
There is one activity that I have pretty much each and every student I teach do at some time or other. They need to imagine that English teachers are to be replaced by robots and they are taking part in designing the prototype. As I think you’ll understand, I find reading how they visualize the ...
It is just over 3 years since the beginning of the revolution in Libya and we asked the DOS and teachers of IH Tripoli to give us a personal account of how things have changed and what day to day life is now like in Tripoli and at the school. IH Tripoli opened in December 2001 ...
Some time ago I wrote an article entitled, "So you want to open a Language School?" (I.H. Journal, Issue 29, Autumn 2010) and this article is best read in conjunction with that one. There's been so much interest and correspondence from you all (much appreciated) that I've decided to write a follow up, based on ...
I am a self-confessed foodie. So when it comes to almost everything in life, I automatically see the link between my passion for food and (insert subject here). You can say I’ve always got images of sugarplums dancing in my head…in fact they are constantly there doing twirls, spins, double-backflips and triple salchows, all in ...
Vaulted ceilings To many people ‘theory’ can appear ‘both dangerous and useless; a joke and a menace; harmless and terrifying. A mouse and a tiger’[1]. For example, recently, in the stylish converted loft that we call the teachers’ room here in Newcastle, I mentioned to a colleague that I was doing a bit of research. I ...