English learning in Our World

Times of Change At this point in time communication is changing in unprecedented ways that have yet to reveal themselves clearly. The COVID-19 crisis has brought this home to educators in an abru...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/remote-teaching-and-covid-19/

The idea for a new book: why turn the blog into a book? A few months ago, over a cappuccino with my friend, the idea of taking some of my blog posts and turning them into a book began to take sha...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/blog-as-a-book-keeping-the-essence-is-out-this-week/

Exam time is here… again Exams are on my mind at the moment. Exams are often on my mind, in fact but this period in the summer is one which is particularly busy for us here at the University of...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/the-art-of-gathering-even-for-exams/

Well, if you’re still reading after a glance at the title, and not sniggering as you mutter “Second what?” you are probably either very interested in technology or perhaps just naturally cu...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/whatever-happened-to-second-life/

What’s the point of teaching, testing, teacher training and conferences? At the risk of sounding as though I’m copying Barry O’Sullivan, I may say that, at the beginning of this post, you a...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/whats-the-point/

Speaking out and blending learning This morning dawned bright and sunny and spring was in the air as well as in my step as I set of for the plenary. Walking along the King’s Road with the sea s...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/brighton-day-three-taking-things-into-your-own-hands-blending-learning-pavement-poetry-and-singing-barbers/

IATEFL 2018 Day One: anyone for research? The conference kicked off this morning enthusiastically as everyone gathered for the first plenary. Lourdes Ortega talked about the divide between resear...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/iatefl-day-one-a-lexical-thread-for-me/

Welcome to Brighton 2018, come and join the fun! The annual IATEFL conference starts officially tomorrow, Tuesday, but quite a few people were already here this morning, braving the blustery earl...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/welcome-to-brighton-2018/

Spring is in the Air, so let’s get our digital life organised! The temperature, at least, here in Verona, is getting milder by the minute and a few flowers are peeping out courageously into the...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/spring-is-in-the-air/

Keep on Developing As William S. Burroughs said in ‘Junky’, “When you stop growing you start dying.” and this could just as easily be paraphrased to “when you stop developing profession...

https://hartlelearning.wordpress.com/2018/02/18/perpetual-pd-or-keep-on-learning/