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  • Dispatch from Canada: In praise of English Central Bookshop

    Published on 9th February, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    I wanted to take a moment here to sing the praises of one of my favourite industry bookshops in Canada, the English Central Bookshop in Toronto. Run by former teachers Nicole Graham Tyson Seburn and Tania Iveson, English Central is a hub of ELT activity. They run regular professional development more…

  • Dispatch from Canada: Rules for teachers 1872

    Published on 2nd February, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    I was in Canada this past Christmas and I came across the following list of rules for Canadian schoolteachers from 1872. Now I’ve often been guilty of having a good old moan about teaching and how things are getting worse than in the past. Until now. Rules for Teachers in more…

  • One-bag packing

    Published on 26th January, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    Right! This is my first foray into the world of vlogging, or video blogging. This post was inspired by two other (non video) things I discovered on the web. I first heard the expression the “road warrior” from The Consultants-E (www.theconsultants-e.com), an English language teaching consultancy run by two very more…

  • Congratulations!

    Published on 20th January, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    I’m happy to announce the winner of the contest that was run at this site over the past months. Martin Baker is a teacher in Peru who is … wait a minute, it’s probably better for him to tell us in his own words. Over to you Martin: I’m from more…

  • The art of carry-on bags

    Published on 20th January, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    There are two types of regular travellers: those who try to live out of one bag and those who have given up trying. I’m still in the former camp. I have to travel a lot for work and I’m constantly frightened of losing my bags in transit and ending up more…

  • Second dispatch: The ground rules

    Published on 14th January, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    I thought I would just clarify a few ground rules about my entries on this blog. Just so you know. 1. I am not being paid by Macmillan or anybody else to blog here. I’m not being “forced” to do this. It is my choice. 2. I’ll be blogging about more…

  • First dispatch: a new blog project

    Published on 4th January, 2010 in Author Blog by Lindsay Clandfield

    It’s actually more than a project, it’s a mission! Let me explain. Last autumn I had a meeting with the sales and marketing people at Macmillan. My new course, Global, was coming out soon and they wanted to talk about promotion around the world. We chatted about upcoming conferences and more…

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