Language Doctor

THE AREAS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) THAT ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO ME One of the areas of English language teaching that I find really fascinating is grammar, the bedrock of a language. When teaching grammatical concepts, I make the teaching fun and the concepts relatable for my learners, by using experiential, real-life examples and a communicative approach/method and I constantly let my learners know that having a good knowledge of grammar will enable them to send language on wondrous errands. Creative writing is another area that deeply interests me and the interest was sparked in my primary school, when I did engage in drawings, using crude images to tell stories and many classmates and some teachers would laud my efforts. However, the turbulence that characterized the later part of my teenage years and beyond badly dented my confidence and self-worth and subdued my passion for drawing, but my fondness for writing was too stubborn to be repressed. Paradoxically, that t...

Physiognomy There was a man I saw I looked at him with awe I thought he'd have the world I can't describe with word His looks that had no flaw He had a rare nature Gentle from sole to crown He rarely wore a frown His kind was rare in town He’s a perfect creature! I envied his nature So schooled in every grace His gestures and stature Sure took years to nurture I longed to have his place Was he from this culture? So young in face and age His words were few but sage One ugly night in May I heard he passed away My heart got a puncture I raged he died a youth In death, he bared the truth Many secrets he kept Confessed in notes he left The man we thought was couth Traded his soul for wealth He ached in hide till death His heart was full of wounds With none he shared the wounds No wife nor kids nor kin For none he left his things From this tale I've just told What glitters' not all gold. (c) adebesin.ibraheem