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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a conversation with an old friend about possible changes that may be made to the way students take Cambridge exams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbE...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by my daughter's rather frustrated complaints about a cover teacher she'd had at school one day last week.

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As we approach the third anniversary of russia's brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I'm continuing with my monthly Lives on Instagram with Ukrainian teachers of English. Tonight at 17.00 London time, I'll be talking to Tanya Kolodeznaya from Kharkiv. Join us. www.instagram.com/hugh_dellar/

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a student of mine who had to try and take part in an online lesson whilst also having to deal with a restless child. No mean feat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMM...

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Today at 18.00 London time, I'll be doing a Live with Danny Norrington-Davis and Richard Chinn about their book, WORKING WITH EMERGENT LANGUAGE. We'll explore what emergent language is, why it's important, what we can do with it in class – and more. Join us: www.instagram.com/lexicallabte....

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a classroom conversation about the rather divisive English comedian Ricky Gervais.

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This blog post considers how aims-oriented teachers and outcomes-oriented teachers may differ in the way they think about classroom material . . . AND contains a discount code for our forthcoming teacher development courses: www.lexicallab.com/2025/02/cour...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a rather cheeky comment a student of mine made about her experience of using my coursebooks with her own class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPd9...

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Next Saturday, Andrew starts a four-week Zoom course on mediation and language teaching. The CEFR identifies mediation as a key skill for learners, so you can be sure it will increasingly appear in course materials, curricula and exams. Book now: lexicallab.thinkific.com/courses/Zoom...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a conversation with an old friend about the ongoing horror show that is American politics these days! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQeF...

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Starting next Thursday, Andrew will be running a part-time online teacher development course – TEACHING LANGUAGES AT LOW LEVELS. The course will explore how to teach low-level learners to genuinely communicate from day one. More details here:

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a documentary I watched recently about the pop group Blur - and what they said about coping with the pressures of fame.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a conversation about the hard-won right that Londoners have to access so many lovely green spaces.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MNUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a conversation in class about getting fined after getting caught doing things you shouldn't have been doing.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a classroom conversation about the fact that Beyoncé has finally won a Grammy for Best Album of the Year.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by the backlash against the much-hyped new Chinese LLM, DeepSeek, which was all over the news last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQc...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a chat with someone who lives down the road from me about how he's coping with the neighbours from hell! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da2a...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a disastrous business experience we had over a decade ago now, when we invested in a bricks-and-mortar language school.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by something rather surprising that I noticed in the room that a student of mine was studying the other day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUy...

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Today at 14.30 over on my Instagram, I'll be doing my first Live of the year with a Ukrainian teacher. Renata was born in Donbas, grew up there and spent the last two years before the full scale invasion there as well. Join us. www.instagram.com/hugh_dellar/

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish #vocabulary Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by some of the classroom discussion I've had this week about the remarkable - and, quite frankly, terrifying - scenes we witnessed at Donald Trump's inauguration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJ2...

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Next Tuesday, we're offering a free webinar called USING TECHNOLOGY IN PRINCIPLED WAYS. Register using the link below: www.lexicallab.com/webinars.

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I guess when people say a coursebook "teaches itself" they are talking about it being easy to use, but it also suggests the absence of a teacher or that their is little or no need for them. The same seems to be the push behind the use of AI and tech.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH was inspired by a chat with an old school friend about how his ageing parents are getting on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eFh...

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The CEFR talks about being centred on an 'action-oriented approach'. Is that compatible with teaching grammar and literature? How could these two ideas be reconciled?

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a chat with an old teacher friend of mine who last year quit her job and set up on her own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTn0...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a classroom conversation this week where a student was talking about how her and her husband managed a romantic break over the Xmas holidays.

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by my wife's reaction to a headline about Elon Musk that had us both raising our eyebrows in surprise! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpUS...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a recent conversation with a rather desperate woman outside a pub in central London. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfbE...

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#EFL #learnEnglish #advancedEnglishonline Wondering why you should take one of our twelve-week Advanced online courses? Here’s why. www.lexicallab.com/learn-englis...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a TV show I watched last night about a school that decided to ban smartphones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Cd...

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Today Andrew considers the question of whether the Common European Framework recommends a particular way of teaching - and comes up with some potentially surprising answers. #theCEFR #CEFR #Englishlanguageteaching #ELT #EFL

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Starting next Tuesday, I'll be running a 12-week course called BRITISH CULTURE THROUGH POP SONGS. We'll discuss everything from immigration to feminism, class to the impact of LGBT singers on the culture . . . all this and much more besides. Book your place today. www.lexicallab.com/learn-englis...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a chat with a local shopkeeper about a much-hyped new type of chocolate that's suddenly everywhere here!

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We have a new webinar series starting soon and to whet your appetite, Andrew is running a free event at the end of this month about tech use and language teaching. Watch this video for more info – and here's the link to register: www.lexicallab.com/webinars/

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Worried that you still use a narrow range of vocabulary? Struggle to understand everyday spoken language in films, TV series and podcasts? Want to discuss a wide range of topics every week? Then join one of our twelve-week courses starting next week. www.lexicallab.com/learn-englis...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by the news that the proposal I submitted for this year's IATEFL conference in Edinburgh has been accepted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_PY...

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Our next Advanced courses start in 3 weeks. We don’t waste time on grammar rules or games. Instead, we focus on what YOU want to say. Classes are already filling up, so check out what's on offer. www.lexicallab.com/learn-englis...

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#Ukraine #ELT #EFL Join me at midday today London time for another Live with a Ukrainian teacher of English. Olena specialises in English for IT and business – and has been staying in Kharkiv throughout the whole full-scale invasion! www.instagram.com/hugh_dellar/

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish I'm back with the third and final video of this week's little seasonally-related ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH series – this time inspired by drinking traditions of this time of year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhmv...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish I'm back with the second of this week's three seasonally-related ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH videos – this time inspired by a chat with my kids this morning about the forthcoming New Year's Eve celebrations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeR...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish In the first of what will be three seasonally-related videos this week, today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a chat with an old friend of mine about how's getting on ahead of the Xmas break. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnYH...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH was inspired by watching a rather notorious journalist make a fool of herself on live TV because she clearly hadn't done her homework. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wN...

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#EFL #ELT #learnEnglish Today's ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH video was inspired by a conversation in class with a student who looks set to have a VERY expensive month ahead of her! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlLv...

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