Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog
A 'warts and all' view of my teaching career. Hopefully, some of my thoughts will inspire you. Or, they will prevent you from making some of the mistakes I have made in the past.
- By Xris
- Based in United Kingdom
- Roughly 13 posts per year
- First post on
Posts per year
| Year starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Today, I am writing a eulogy for someone very close to me. Like most people, I’ve put things off. For example, I’ve been tempted to search the history of using ‘a’ instead of ‘an’ when …
Teaching students to write with effect is quite a tricky thing. Over the years, I have seen writing reduced to tick lists. The problem is that no two good pieces are really alike. You could …
Effect is such a funny thing to explore when reading texts. It is wrapped up in so many things. What has happened previously? What does the reader think will happen next? What is really going …