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    <description>My blog relates the different subjects that I talk about during my lessons: teaching (Business) English to French adults</description>

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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:55:36 +0200</pubDate>    <lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:55:36 +0200</lastBuildDate>    <generator>Over-blog.com RSS 2.0 Engine</generator>    <copyright>Copyright 2012 jottings.over-blog.com</copyright>            <category>Culture</category>    <docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/</docs>                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Nonnative-English-Speaking Teachers]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-nonnative-english-speaking-teachers-98149000.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	Being a nonnative speaker of English, I'm very happy that recently people have been more open to the fact that nonnative English-speaking teachers can be good English teachers. In fact some people even state that nonnative speakers are better teachers, because they have had to learn English[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">e69403f7f845b92cf8462f428189a6b6</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[English Pronunciation Verse (The Chaos)]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-english-pronunciation-verse-98042254.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenité ( 20 July 1870, Utrecht - 9 October 1946, Haarlem), was a Dutch observer of English. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his poem The Chaos which demonstrates many of the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and first[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:23:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">235aad3d81f2d3b79d06bc46c22b2114</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[gradable / non-gradable adjectives]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-gradable-non-gradable-adjectives-97830624.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	This a subject I have managed to avoid teaching until last week, when I was 'forced' to have a closer look at it. I really don't think that it is a very important subject, but as I have all the information I might as well share it with you. OK. So you have 2 kinds of adjectives: gradable and[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">6912f6fe49dcf31ba98c423de9ce577c</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Each peach pear plum]]></title>
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	When my children were little I would read them this lovely book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The text is as follows: In this book With your little eye Take a look And play “I spy” Each Peach Pear Plum I spy Tom Thumb Tom Thumb in the cupboard I spy Mother Hubbard Mother Hubbard in the cellar I[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:27:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">b67086ab0f885730877c89fdd5f54ee3</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Furniture vocabulary]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-furniture-vocabulary-97414069.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	First of all "Happy New Year" to all of you! I will start the year with a vocabulary list. I know, I know, not very exciting. But in fact lots of students don't know this kind of vocabulary. So here is a list of furniture: living room: sofa = canapé armchair = fauteuil coffee table = table[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">228e0dcc73b473f2aee672fda497f6b8</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't teach the 'Queen's English' to foreign students]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-don-t-teach-the-queen-s-english-to-foreign-students-87841237.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	Daily Mail By Emily Allen Last updated at 8:30 AM on 2nd November 2011 ________________________________ Don't teach the 'Queen's English' to foreign language students, linguist urges Mario Saraceni said the English are not the only legitimate users of the language Urged native speakers to 'give[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:32:00 +0100</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">3fac55215b295c7dca459bf3fccaf923</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Irish Pub Songs]]></title>
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	This Summer (August 2011) I was on holiday in Ireland. And one of the things I enjoyed most, was going to the pub where musicians would play Irish music. Most of these songs were known to all, and people would sing along. Please find below Youtube links to three of my favourites: Whiskey in the[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:34:00 +0200</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">049b18b6c44ac62b44227e5b268b4893</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do the French drive on the right?]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-why-do-the-french-drive-on-the-right-85037991.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	The other day I was listening to the radio, and they talked about why the English drive on the right. I had never heard an explanation for this, and I guess most of you haven't either, so I thought I will publish a short article about the subject.. "In the past when people passed each other on[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">47291d962cad2fe1f1566f35f6528a2e</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Uncountable nouns]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-uncountable-nouns-80330241.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	I really like teaching this subject. So, let's start: What do you have to know about "uncountable nouns"? Well, you cannot count them. So - not "a" or "an" or "one" + noun - not 2 , 3, 4, etc. plus plural noun - no plural verbs. Example: "news" is uncountable. So, you cannot say "a news", "two[...]]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate>        <guid isPermaLink="false">fb12bd69eee28c19652b1401a61b4284</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Paper Planes]]></title>
        <link>http://jottings.over-blog.com/article-paper-planes-76499789.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	This afternoon I bought a book called "A Picnic on Earth" by Rupert Morgan. It caught my eye, because it said on the front cover something like "download free audio version". I thought that this might be interesting material to use with students. In fact Paper Planes is a small publishing[...]]]></description>
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