Fancy trying Task Tweaker – my new tool for language teachers? Repetition is boring. No? Here’s a quick experiment: say repetition. Now say over and over, time and time again, day after day, again and again, on and on, round…
Or Feedback as a Learning Activity So, it’s that time of the year again – revision and wrap-up time. Time to review (check out my 12 Five-Minute Vocabulary Revision Activities if you’re looking for some ideas) and make those final…
Or critical thinking for language learners Paraphrasing the infamous song: What’s {socks} got to do with it? At first glance, nothing. Look again, and socks turn out to be the perfect way to help learners spot and reflect on their…
They’ve found a city beneath the Giza pyramid, did you hear?! With the army of ‘content creators’ eagerly generating various types of AI-generated content online under the motto ‘the more words, the higher the traffic’, April Fool’s Day might soon…
Poetry, synthetic voices, and what makes us human This is just to say I made a video for students to guess – human or AI? It went well,so fun,so full of surprise. I’ve already shared a few activities based on…
Hot Off the Press: AI Literacy Training Cards, Anthropomorphism, iSpring, and learning never stops I created this course as part of the iSpring Challenge 2025, and honestly, the timing couldn’t have been better. I had the idea, iSpring provided the…
Read-alouds in turns, anyone? Any fans of RAT – reading aloud in turns from a text – here? It’s probably not the most popular technique these days, to say the least. I reckon it might rank second among the most…
Confession time. I like to add a personal touch to my presentations by sneaking in an Easter egg – or a couple – hidden surprises. I know they may go unnoticed (and in most cases, they do), but I love…
24 January 2025, 16:00 (UK time): Personalisation 2.0, or AI for Effective Learning Experiences Fancy joining me for a session on how AI can help personalise language learning? I’m happy to invite you to the masterclass I’ll be delivering this…
Making Authentic Input More Accessible: Elaborated Input Cheers to 2025 and the thrill of new experiments! All experiments begin with good ideas. I’ve never been a huge fan of adapted versions. Authentic language? Gone. Nuance? Bye-bye. That said, I can…
