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Gramster and Vocabster now online and pay what you want

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  How often do you eat breakfast with a swiss army knife? I’m guessing that the answer is “never”, but I’d love to hear otherwise in the comments We most often use specific tools for specific functions. That’s one of the secrets behind Edulang’s greatest successes in materials developing. One of our most specific E-learning tools for grammar and vocabulary has been a huge hit, and when it came out, in less than a year, we had tens of thousands of learners throughout the world.  So cool! Gramster I and II and Vocabster have evolved quite a bit since their release and (…)

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Teacher spotlight: Shaune Peebles and TOEIC® prep

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  Today’s post will be another in the fine series of … I recently crossed paths with Shaune Peebles after he started using Test Simulator TOEIC® in class, and our expat discussions about teaching in China, living in Europe and Edulang’s apps have been quite enjoyable, so I asked Shaune if he’d like to share a bit more here. Hence, without further ado… One of the most important and time-consuming parts of my week is lesson prep. For me, it’s important to have quality, practical, and, if possible, unique materials to give to my students.  While I agree with the (…)

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2 mini blog challenges + “who r u reader” survey results

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    Nearly 50 responded to last week’s survey which is awesome.  THANKS!!! If you haven’t I’d still love to hear from you as it’s always fun to know who’s reading. Results below, but first two “blog challenge” asides as it is my fav cup of tea. 1) PLN inspiration is a post n small challenge of sorts from Phil Wade.  Check it out and see if there’s a blog you’d like to JING about.  I’m twirling my thumbs thinking of whose blog I might introduce (though Phil’s introduced a chain letter effect to it so I might have to wait my (…)

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Will everyone be speaking Chinese in 2030?

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    Every now and again I hear someone say something along these lines:   “oh yeah, well, everyone’ll be speaking Chinese in…“.  As I’ve been down that path, I thought I’d share the insider story and why I have a hard time ever seeing that happen.  So, without further ado, 4 reasons why I don’t think Chinese will be the next lingua franca:   1) Most everyone will share a language, but it won’t be Chinese. a) It will be (or rather, it is) English.  English hasn’t been crowned the lingua franca, and it never will be, and maybe (…)

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Blog challenge: a quote that defines your teaching style

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    It seems every month there’s a new entrance in the blogosphere and it is such a pleasure when that new person’s angle brings something fresh to your own practice.  Jemma Gardner comes to mind when I say this.  She raised an issue in her recent post (with a whopping 73 comments) that has sparked my first blog challenge of 2012. She discussed attitude and quoted Scott Thornsbury’s A-Z of ELT: “Your attitude to language learning is the way you feel about it”. (page 20).  However, Jemma encouraged her readers to substitute “teaching” for “learning”.   What is your attitude towards (…)

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