Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Shakespeare's The Complete Walk

 37 Plays,  37 Films, 37 Screens... Saturday 23 April, 10am – 10pm | Sunday 24 April, 10am – 8pm 2016 2.5 mile route from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge 37 specially-made 10 minute films will be screened along the iconic 2.5 mile stretch between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge. Each...

Sunday, 17 April 2016

Saturday, 16 April 2016

IATEFL 2016- FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY - Part 1

Bringing English to Life: practical classroom activities using technology Being born in a digital world, students will appreciate having the opportunity to use different apps, mobiles, laptops, etc. Of course, using technologies for designing classroom activities sometimes may seem a challenging task....

Friday, 15 April 2016

IATEFL 2016- SESSIONS 15th April

Catch up with today's Sessions you might have missed... 9:00       Plenary by Diane Larsen-Freeman      10:30     Cambridge English Signature Event - Observation and Reflection: tensions between best practice and reality    12:30      Diane Larsen-Freeman’s plenary follow-up session - Further Investigation of...

Thursday, 14 April 2016

IATEFL 2016 SUMMING UP DAY 2- Sessions and Interviews

Here we are again. What can I say! Simply fantastic DAY 2 at IATEFL Conference 2016! 2 good 2 be forgotten. Memorable Sessions and Teaching Experiences, Projects and more shared  by the most amazing people. I'd like to present Carol Reed's Interview talking about her experience with IATEFL as...

IATEFL 2016 Sessions April 13th

Sharing David Crystal's full Plenary Session, in case you've missed it live! David clearly remarks on how the English language has been changing in the last fifty years and draws a comparison on how language is likely to be change in the upcoming fifty years. He also provides plenty of examples in...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

IATEFL 2016 WRAPPING UP-DAY 1

Amazing Day 1 at IATEFL 2016! How can I start describing all the events! Opening the day with David Crystal's Plenary Session where he reflects upon the constant change and evolution of the English language, describing his research projects, writing and upcoming books. Just a must watch! So if you didn't...

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

IATFEL 2016 Online Conference Q & A

Q&A with Rob and Kirsteen This video provides useful info for those who would like to attend the Conference Online. Here  Rob explains how videos will be available not only in YouTube but also on the IATEFL site for viewers to watch. Also he states that there will be summaries available...

BIG NEWS: Celebrating Shakespeare- Exploring English

FREE ONLINE COURSE This course is one of three courses from the British Council’s Exploring English course collection. Starts: 18th April Duration: 6 weeks 2 hours per week Level: Intermediate (B1 on the CEFR) Certificate available To learn more about it, visit Exploring English: Shakespe...

Sunday, 10 April 2016

Live the IATEFL 2016 Conference with Mobile Apps

IATEFL 2016 offers the great opportunity of a free mobile app which will let you browse and search the conference programme, put together your own personalised conference planner, share your experiences via social media channels and view IATEFL Online content. The app is available for iOS and...

IATEFL After Hours Webinar

If you are not able to live the Conference in Birmingham, the After Hours Webinar provide a great oportunity to share your experiences as a face to face or online participant. So, let's meet on Thursday 14th April 2016 at 18:00 BST.  Delegates from Birmingham and online participants from all...

Friday, 8 April 2016

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Money issues: prices, prices…

As it’s known, there are certain words that collocate with others. When talking about bigger or smaller, increase and decrease in prices, we can use the following verbs: cut, freeze, raise, hike, and slash. See the examples below: The Ministry of Economy decided to cut prices, due to the crisis. Prices have been frozen for the current year. Here you can also say salaries have been frozen. We were...

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

IATEFL Online 2016- Birmingham Registered Blogger

Pleased to announce that GLOBAL ENGLISH STUDIO is part of the Registered Bloggers We will be reporting on this Year's Annual Conference and following the online coverage. Plus sharing the experience of the most salient conferences, videos and interviews.  So stay tuned for mor...

Monday, 4 April 2016

Confusing and Not So Confusing Words: All right or alright?

Are you all right or alright? In this post, I’d like to talk about common usage errors. In English, whether it is American or British, there some words, even constructions that call for our attention, in the written mode. Some terms are pairs of words that are quite different in meaning yet similar in spelling to be confused. Take, for instance, the pair principal, principle or the terms alright...

Quote of the Day

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." J.K. Rowlin...
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