We recently covered the topic of wearing jewelry in the EFL/EAL classroom on the blog. After that we received a number of emails pointing out that in many schools jewelry…Continue readingWearing jewelry to work: the rules
Whilst July 4 is remembered in the United States for independence and the fourteenth in France for the storming of the Bastille, I have greater affection for the third of…Continue readingTEFL newsletter – July
This month commemorates Juno, sister and consort of Jupiter, daughter of Saturn and Vulcan, mother of Mars and one of the most important of the Roman goddesses. She had many…Continue readingTEFL newsletter – June
“Cast ne’er a clout till may is out” introduces two linguistic features of interest: the word “clout” is a cognate of the German “Kleid” and hence refers to clothing while…Continue readingTEFL newsletter – May
What a mixed bag of emotions April arouses! Yet the Romans considered the month to be sacred to Venus, goddess of love; its name may be taken from that of…Continue readingTEFL Newsletter – April
IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE A LAMB – or the other way round. Such are the vagaries of the British weather that both versions of the saying are valid.…Continue readingTEFL Newsletter – March
IF IT’S A LEAP YEAR, IT MUST BE THE OLYMPICS 2020 was a leap year with 29 days in February, the final day being the traditional time when women can…Continue readingTEFL Newsletter – February