Journalism and its Culture of Privilege
It's getting to that time of year. Summer, in the northern hemisphere. Living at one degree above the equator, I just manage to qualify as a northern hemisphere dweller and, as such, I'm looking forward...
Fighting Apathy
I was running on Saturday. At any rate, it looked something like running. And it was midday, and therefore hot, and so my slow pace had slowed. I don't really care about the running; it was an opportunity...
Extended Essay in Studies in Language
Exams are over, at least for Language and Literature, if not for all subjects. It remains, however, a hectic time for students in my school. My grade 11s are beginning to think about Individual Oral...
On Taking Exams
I have a young colleague. I value his insight. As people go, he's fairly phlegmatic. But not the other day. The other day he seemed unsettled by something. So, I 'enquired' about what it was that was...
What Makes Us Laugh?
I've been teaching for quite a long time. I've seen a few things. I don't, however, think that I have ever witnessed a student laugh whilst reading an exam paper during an exam in an exam hall. Perhaps...
David Beckham is Posh
Following on from my recent post on codeswitching, you may be interested to watch the following short clip from the BBC programme Newsnight, and read the following report from the BBC website. David Beckham...
Codeswitching
I was listening to a radio programme at the weekend, Actually, I had other things to do; this was just me procrastinating. In the programme, the writer, Håkan Nesser, was discussing his life in exile...
Passing the torch
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank all of the language and literature teachers who have subscribed to this Subject Site and supported my activities. By all measures, it is safe to say that the success...
A new author for the website
My name is David McIntyre, and I will be taking over the running of the website from Brad. From what I can see, Brad has clearly done a wonderful job in establishing and building this site. I hope that...
The 'flipped' classroom
Perhaps the biggest buzz word in education in 2012 was 'flipped classroom'. Just as easily as this hype peaked in 2012, it will most likely fizzle into the archives of pedagogical trends in 2013. The...