Friday, September 27, 2013

Gave a talk for Grade 8 Core English teachers in Guangzhou

2013-9-27            A talk titled 'Making the best use of the reading materials in the coursebook', for 400 Grade 8 Core English teachers in Guangzhou. Organised by the Teaching and Research Institute of the Guangzhou Education Bureau. 


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Gave a talk to parents on language acquisition

Gave a talk this afternoon to parents on 'Acquisition vs learning: What it means for helping your child to learn English effectively'. Organised by OUP.

Two useful desktop apps for IPA transcription

 There are now a few mobile apps for turning an orthographic text into an IPA phonetic text. But in practice, we will more likely use a desk...