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This is a collection of thoughts, comments and articles regarding some of the issues and discussion points that have been raised in our English Discussion Forums. Many topics have links to related discussions and polls to be found in our forums so that you can read up on what other people have had to say on these points, and of course you can add your own opinions to any or all of them.
Speaking Out Archive
Broadband Britain- Backwards to the Future
Why the UK is going to suffer from its failure to create the infrastructure for true broadband
Burnout in the Flame Wars
A look at how our Delphi forum went wrong.
Cockney Rhyming
Slang
About Cockney Rhyming Slang and a discussion on whether splitting infinitives
is wrong.
Creationism
Creationism is being taught in a number of academies in the UK.
Dave's ESL Cafe
A look at what is wrong with Dave ESL Cafe.com.
Do Exams damage
learning?
A look at whether English language examinations stop students from learning
real English.
Do internet language polls mean anything?
A look at whether language polls can reflect usage and help ESL learners.
EFLese
How the Internet offers an alternative to the world of EFL/ESL course books.
Emotional Intelligence
A look at whether Emotional Intelligence has anything to offer ESL.
English Teaching Franchises
A look at language school franchises in Japan.
English Teaching Franchises 2
A look at the profitability of the largest chain of franchises in Japan.
E-Raters
Can computers correct students' writing?
ESL Employment
Is ESL employment in the doldrums?
Factoid Learning
Is ILT necessarily an impoverished 'factoid' way of learning?
Foreign
Language Learning in schools in the UK
Foreign languages are no longer compulsory in Britain.
Humanistic Teaching
Has Humanistic ESL teaching had its day?
ILT Access in Further
Education in the UK
A survey of whether FE Colleges in the UK have external computer access
for their students.
International
English?
A look at whether native or non-native speakers are better nowadays.
Inversion
Is inversion worth teaching?
Irregular Verbs
A look at irregular verbs and the free download available.
Is Language Infinite?
Von Humbolt's phrase that language is 'the infinite use of finite means'
has been cited by Noam Chomsky, who in turn has frequently referred
to the concept of infinite language, a speaker's competence, which in
Chomsky's terminology is their ability to produce a potentially infinite
number of correct sentences.
Language, Thought
& Sapir-Whorf
Does language shape thought? Like all the best debates, the argument
over whether thought controls language or language controls thought
is ultimately unprovable.
ILT in learning
English
ILT in learning English in schools and colleges in the UK.
Love me, love my umbrella
Contains comments on English as an International Language, English Spelling,
and Are Numbers Infinite?
Monetizing Web 2.0 Educational Services
Can the educational bloggers make money?
On the Origin of Language
Some thoughts about the argument put forward by Steels and MacWhinney,
in contrast to that put forward by Chomsky and Pinker.
Open Source Teaching
Comments on "Using ICT to share the tools of the teaching trade:
A report on Open Source Teaching" February 2004, Becta
Separable and Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
A look at separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in our phrasal verb dictionary
Taking Control of English
Tips on how you can speak and communicate better in English. How can
I express myself better in English? How can I listen to and understand
English better? How can I improve?
The Silver Ring Thing
A look at the arrival of the Silver Ring Thing in the UK.
UsingEnglish.com Quizzes and
Tests
A look at how we try to structure our Quizzes and Testing Section.
UKeU
A look at the problems with UKeU, the government's flagship for UK university
education online.
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