Most recent posts
-
Cartoon: Cold War Posturing
posted to The English Blog on Thu 20th Jun 13
This cartoon by Steve Bell from The Guardian relates to President Obama's speech at the Brandenburg Gate during which he called for a reduction in deployed nuclear weapons by a third (see previous post).COMMENTARY1. Obama's actual words during the speech were ...
-
Reuters Video: Obama calls for nuclear arms cut
posted to The English Blog on Thu 20th Jun 13
Speaking in front of the Brandenburg Gate, which once divided communist East Berlin from the capitalist West, President Obama said he wanted to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by a third. The U.S. and EU free trade deal was also on agenda as he met with Chancellor ...
-
Words in the News: Cover-up
posted to The English Blog on Thu 20th Jun 13
There are calls for a police investigation after officials ordered the destruction of evidence in a maternity deaths scandal, according to The Daily Telegraph. Full story >>VOCABULARYA cover-up is action that is taken to hide a mistake or illegal activity ...
Most popular posts
-
Video: President Obama's Unhappy Anniversary
posted to The English Blog on Thu 21st Jan 10
A year on from his inauguration, President Obama's healthcare plans are in jeopardy as the Democrats lose a traditionally safe Senate seat. ...
-
Cartoon: I'll Drink To That!
posted to The English Blog on Thu 14th Mar 13
This cartoon by Paul Thomas from the Daily Express relates to news that the UK government has abandoned/scrapped/ditched plans to introduce a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol.Prime Minister David Cameron has long supported minimum alcohol pricing but ...
-
Macmillan Dictionary Irregular Verb Wheel Game
posted to The English Blog on Fri 10th Aug 12
Spin the wheel to test your knowledge of irregular verb forms. It's addictive! Click here to play. ...
Latest posts linking here
-
Five Good Feeds for ELA and ELL Teachers
posted to Free Technology for Teachers on Wed 30th Jan 13
Earlier this week I shared five good feeds for mathematics teachers and five good feeds for history teachers. These lists were born out of a common request that I get and that is "can you recommend some good blogs for X?" So this week I'm going to publish a ...
-
Top Christmas ESL Blogs...
posted to Teaching English in a Foreign Land on Mon 17th Dec 12
Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas to you all. Just one more week of classes and we're off on our well earned hols. I'm buggering off to England for a week to stock up on mince pies, Quality Street chocolates and plenty of cider (gone off the beer back home). As ...
-
How to spread the perfect slice of toast
posted to My That's English! on Mon 1st Oct 12
I learnt about How to spread the perfect slice of toast through Jeffrey Hill, who in late June published a post on his blog, The English Blog, letting us know about Warburtons' invention to solve this English breakfast dilemma.I have used Warburtons' video ...







