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The Island Weekly
http://annehodgson.de
This blog is for adult learners of English, including a weekly podcast, other media and original writing and links. I'm a writer, translator, teacher based in Munich, Germany
- Author: Anne Hodgson
- Listed in: Adult Education Culture
- Tags: english Germany efl
Recent Posts
Question: What role do elderly parents play in your life?
My mother died last week, and I’m mourning and thinking back. When I decided to stay here in Germany, an ocean away, I automatically decided against sharing her day-to-day life and being there to help her with her big and small needs. Not being...
Dog, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The dog trots freely in the street and sees reality and the things he sees are bigger than himself and the things he sees are his reality Drunks in doorways Moons on trees The dog trots freely thru the street and the things he sees are smaller than h...
Grammar Guru: Predictions
Last week: I’m ready to leave to go on a trip, so I say I am going to Poznań this weekend. (80%, 16 Votes) I will go to Poznań this weekend. (20%, 4 Votes) I go to Poznań this weekend. (0%, 0 Votes) More here. This week: Which of these p...
Agile one to one. Progress, step by step
This is how I teach. Aiming too high can cause negative stress. I’ve learned to break learning down into small, productive, rewarding steps. I was thrilled and very priviledged to be sponsored by Cornelsen to present this at BESIG, the Business...
Rocketboom: Augmented Reality
Talked about Augmented Reality, a term coined by Professor Tom Caudell at Boeing, in a class yesterday. Layar, Nearest Tube, the London Underground iPhone app, and Bionic Eye, the same thing for NY, may be great, but Augmented ID freaked us out. Min...
President Obama pardons Turkey
Kennedy wouldn’t kill the “official turkey”. Then years later Bush senior started the tradition of granting it an official “Thanksgiving pardon”; and Obama pardoned Courage, this year’s Official White House Turkey...
