Monthly Archives: April 2015
CELTA Week Two (warning: I got carried away again!)
Again, I have reached the end of my Word document, where I first type my posts, and realised that I have something of a problem with blogging waffle… So apologies for the written verbal diarrhoea, and for the fact that … Continue reading
CELTA Teaching Practice: some tips
I apologise to people not interested in the English Language teaching side to this blog because it will probably just be gobbledegook to you! But, for anyone currently on a CELTA, or considering doing one of these wonderful courses, I … Continue reading
CELTA Week One: Thursday and Friday
CELTA Day Four: Thursday 16th April The One Where We Realised Just How Close We Are To Checkpoint Charlie I think I walked to school on my own on Thursday (it’s only Friday and I already can’t remember what I … Continue reading
CELTA Week One…well, the first half of it…
Wow, so the experts in the land of ELT Blogging (I’m looking at you, Hada and Anthony!) weren’t lying when they exclaimed ‘blogging during your CELTA?! You won’t have time for that! You’ll barely have time to sleep!’ Luckily (although for whom … Continue reading
CELTA course start day – 1. The big move to Berlin!
This morning I got up at 5 and said goodbye to my poor boyfriend, who kindly got up at the same crazy time to drive me to Gatwick Airport. I flew to Berlin’s Schönefeld Airport where my wonderful friend Sabrina met … Continue reading
The end of the Routledge era: my time in academic publishing
I started writing a little post to summarise my time working in academic publishing at Taylor & Francis in advance of my last day on Tuesday 24th March as I wasn’t planning to give much of a ‘speech’ at my customary … Continue reading
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