Author Archives: Chris Richards

If ever there were a year in which appreciation was necessary, 2020 has been one. I was at the TESOL Spain Annual Congress for the weekend before the Spanish confinement began on March 14th and among the many freebies available, I acquired myself a nice notebook, made from recycled paper. The keynote address was givenContinue reading “Appreciation”

525, 600 minutes – the number of minutes in a year. The song ‘Seasons of Love’ from Jonathan Larsen’s hit musical Rent invites us to ask how to measure a year: In daylights?In sunsets?In midnights?In cups of coffee?In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife? Should I measure this year in tweets? Online lessons? GoogleContinue reading “A Year in ELT”

Between 2018 and 2020, my colleague Alan Hall and I released 30 episodes of a podcast called ‘Phrasally Verbocious’. It was great fun to make and we reflected on a number of important issues and themes in ELT including inclusivity and diversity, technology in the classroom, and use of L1 in the classroom which isContinue reading “Phrasally Verbocious”