I recently heard a talk about blogging in which it was said that
research shows that the posts which are most shared, are those with an
emotional punch. And this post certainly had that. But it could be a
positive emotional punch too- so looking forward to your celebratory
post too.
Rachael Roberts
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From: Sam Shepherd <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:03
Subject: Re: The Problem with ESOL
Thanks for the publicity and the comments, but also the realisation
that the posts which get the most attention are about how bad things
can be (the second most popular post has been one about how SMART
targets are inapproriate for ESOL learners). I shall have to give all
my posts similarly gloomy themes. I hope I get a few more regular
readers as I am in the process of writing a somewhat more celebratory
counterpart to it! It has been pointed out to me, or rather i was
reminded that there are a lot of good things about ESOL, not least the
learners and the teachers who both deserve recognition and
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