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Category Archives: Education
The best English teacher online
Vanessa has got her wonderful website all set up – anyone looking for online English lessons should check out englishteacheronline.co.uk.
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Straw hats and boaters
Yesterday morning I sat on the balcony in the glorious sunshine munching English muffins and butter and watching the myriad of rowers battle their way up and downstream. To compete the illusion of a life of idleness I donned a … Continue reading
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Free education for all at MIT and the Open University
I have been really excited to discover that you can now learn for free at various institutions including the Open University and MIT. While you may not get a qualification at the end of your studies – disseminating course material … Continue reading
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Gud finns nog inte/God probably doesn’t exist
Swedish humanists have put up adverts around Sweden proclaiming ‘God probably doesn’t exist’ in an attempt to challenge the role religion plays in public life. Sweden is a remarkably secular country but it’s still good to see that such a … Continue reading
A quick trip to Suomenlinna
It was our last day in Helsinki today and we thought we’d head out to Suomenlinna on the ferry. This group of islands served as a military fortress and prison for the last two hundred years and has been placed … Continue reading
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Celebrating Chomsky’s birthday
Week two of SFI passed uneventfully. It continues to be excellent although we can’t help but sit there letting about 70% of it wash over us as incompressible. It seems that usually someone or other understands what the teacher is … Continue reading
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Rainy Göteborg
What a week – the rain seems to have been nonstop and I’ve spent very damp mornings in my SFI classes. I’ve also spent an unhappy amount of time on trams and buses after getting a puncture mid week. Despite … Continue reading
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Mitt första Svenska lärdom
I woke up early very excited because today was the very first day of my Swedish lessons with SFI. I bundled myself up protectively against the cold and wet only to get half way down the hill and fall off … Continue reading
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Free Swedish Lessons
I went to my first Swedish lesson today. If you’re in Sweden for long enough to get yourself a personal number then you can apply for Swedish lessons from the government. Known as SFI which stands for Svenska för invandrare … Continue reading
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It’s website tastic here
So I’m really in the website mood and I’ve finally updated my own website struggling with photoshop in the process and I like to think succeeding to some small degree. I’ve also refreshed my Gothenburg and Norwich pages and the … Continue reading
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