“@JennaStern: An all BRENNAN BROWN evening! Currently on Masterpiece Theater’s Miss Marple the Mirror Crack’d THEN later #PersonofInterest

Funny>Resident Detains Alleged Burglar By Grip-Up – Branford, CT Patch http://t.co/bfYbmLDQ

http://t.co/z2vDjA6l I would say that the definition of a native-speaker is someone whose first language was English. Many people from…

Enjoying the #30gaols challenge as much as the #30goalsEDU #30goals challenge. This week Alcatraz, next week the Tower of London!

Wonder what the implications are for language learning? Is Comprehensible Input not practice once again vindicated?

Interesting. So watching can be helpful as well as practice: http://t.co/TNH5sfQA

My Twitophobe friend/colleague asked for intro to Twitter. She asked to see my “nest”. Officially referring to my Twitter homepage as “nest” :)

I need to find a unit that teaches the word “moot” so I can use the song Jessie’s Girl in class and also Dan Bern’s Isner and Mahut.

http://t.co/4oMbE628 is just what my students need to improve pronunciation. I can’t believe how rich the site is.

And the book totally blows it by stating: “We form the passive by….”
#endofstreamofconsciousnesstweets

Ah but, “The Artist was filmed in both France and the US” sounds ok. As does “He is saved by a young and upcoming actress”

“The Artist will be given an Oscar.” sounds awful -> “It will win an Oscar.”
“A new store is being built”->They’re building a new store.”

Realizing the tension between teaching the passive and teaching authentic language..I hardly ever use the passive. I rephrase like mad.

I do > @kalinagoenglish How many of you work at schools where “reflective conversations in the staffroom” are the norm? RT @AnthonyGaughan

I like Good for talk about the US, lunch, yoga, restaurants, and friends (Ha!) Open Sauce English: The PARSNIPs Edition http://t.co/p1mWzKMQ