‘Babel’: book review
Ever had a feeling that you are a perfect reader (or target audience) of the book in your hands? This is exactly what happened when I started...
What is your unfair advantage?
The Unfair Advantage book by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba confidently states that we all have unfair advantages whicha. can’t be easily copied or boughtb. are unique...
‘Discipline with Dignity’: Quotes
The book was written by Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, Brian D. Mendler and I read the fourth edition which is usually a good sign: plenty of readers...
What if we’ve been teaching essay writing all wrong?
One of the courses I teach is English General paper (Cambridge curriculum). The main point of the course is to provide our students with the skills to...
‘Linguanomics’ by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun [notes]
‘In many regions across the globe, a citizen’s ability to speak multiple languages is ‘normal and quite unremarkable’ and is ‘an instrumental response to mundane needs’ in...
“The newcomers” by Helen Thorpe
I am grateful that my paths came across that book, which full title sounds like “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom”. In...
How to assess writing (if all other systems seem to fail)
FToday I have finished reading a great book “Genre, Text, Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing” written by Megan Watkins and Peter Knapp (2005). It suggests a very...
Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools (Review + Quotations)
Due to my current studies, I dig deeper into certain areas of teaching, namely needs analysis, course design and assessment. There are lots of materials on all...