Did you know that the phrase ‘spill the beans’ comes from Ancient Greece? That’s something I learnt this week and which became the theme of our Wednesday Question, with Hubsters sharing their favourite idioms as well as talking about their attitude towards teaching idioms in class. Do you make a mountain out of a molehill when faced with a question about an idiom in class? Some learners request to learn them and some others don’t find them useful; whatever floats your boat, I guess!
In our live events this week we were joined by two amazing ELT professionals: on Tuesday, Rachael Roberts joined us to share her knowledge and expertise as a business coach and gave us some hints and tips on using social media. There are notes on the session on the blog. Then in Thursday’s webinar, Zhenya Polosatova came along to talk about reflective practice, sharing different cycles of how reflection can happen with some incredibly practical formats, including mindmaps, journalling and working with a critical friend.
Coming up next week, we have a Monthly Management Meet Up on Tuesday and Coffee Breaks on Thursday.