2012
Wasn’t the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games brilliant? Danny Boyle and those thousands of volunteers did a fabulous job keeping us entertained for over three hours on Friday night, revelling in the best of British music, history and culture. Why not share the brilliance with your students through this reading lesson, based […]
Hi Neil and Fran! After just over a year in AR (a fabulous year!), I’ve just returned to my home near Albuquerque New Mexico. I thought I’d give you all a quick update on what I’ve done with my CELTA. I kept teaching business English for American Forum in Capital Federal until December when […]
On Friday 25th May teachers from all of the IH schools around the world (over 150 in over 50 countries) will be coming together online to share experiences and knowledge and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first IH teacher training course, which took place at IH London in June 1962. If you work for Intermational house, […]
Spring 2012 edition of the IH journal out now!
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Lorraine Kipling, who took the CELTA with us in August 2009, looks back on her experience and how it helped during her first two years of teaching: My CELTA training experience at IH Belgrano was entirely positive. Of course it was stressful at times, but that was to be expected. Anyone who says they got through the […]
John and I arrived in Cordoba so that he could write and both of us could live on giving English classes. Neither of us was thinking of founding a school. But three weeks later sixty Cordobese people had passed through two patios and knocked on our door. Doctors, lawyers, clerks, waiters, olive salesmen, lace merchants, señoritas, […]
Do you find yourself behind the eight ball when idioms come out of left field? Are you out of your depth when idiom-loving friends call the shots? Give yourself a sporting chance to cover all the bases as we dive headfirst into the world of sport-inspired idioms, exploring their meaning and background to give ourselves […]
Activating the passive We teach the passive voice… The the passive voice is taught… Have a look in most coursebooks and this is how the passive is presented and practised. However, the challenge faced by students and teachers alike is not how it is formed or what it means but when and why it is […]
I have been asked to write something about my relationship with English; something to do with my first steps perhaps, or my difficulties or problems at Teacher Training College (the Profesorado), or even after that. After changing my mind several times I’ve chosen to start with some of my failures. This may sound rather off-putting […]
An “old chestnut” is a subject or joke that has been repeated so many times that it is no longer funny or interesting. This is what I learnt from my Director (being from Australia, I’m lucky to even know what a chestnut is!), who wanted to discuss recurring issues that seem to plague even some […]