The ten centimetre layer of snow on my car this morning reminded me I couldn’t be much further away from the hot sunny celebrations of my home country’s national day, Australia Day. Nonetheless I cheerfully explained to my students the events of January 26, 1788 in their varied interpretations: the …
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Surviving winter
You may have seen the particularly frosty weather in Russia on the TV in recent days: well, kind old Russia sent their weather westwards on to us. Already billed as a harsh winter, this week had me shivering in my multi-layers as I drove to work in minus 10 degrees – nearby areas even stretched down …
German according to Geoff
The teaching year is back in full-swing for me, and I am deeply indebted to my brother-in-law for a great story I've been able to tell all my classes to demonstrate that we English speakers can have just as much fun with German as my students do with English.The important part of the story is that …