Lexical Leo (aka Leo Selivan)
leosel.bsky.social
Lexical Leo (aka Leo Selivan)
@leosel.bsky.social
Despite what looks like an anti-woke headline, this actually seems like a smart move – replacing infrequent words like animal names with more high-utility items | GCSE language pupils to be taught how to say ‘non-binary’ and ‘gender’
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/2…#MFLBlueskyky
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December 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How many of my colleagues are in the final throes of submitting their #IATEFL proposals?
I do wonder if they keep stats on how many submissions come in on the last day and, more specifically, in those frantic last couple of hours before the deadline!
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some other (misrepresented) grammar points that we need to talk about - hopefully next year @brunoleys.bsky.social at #IATEFL2025
P.S. If you're wondering about the title, it's a line from a poem by A. Marvell
April 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Frequency of the present cont./progressive in the corpus, which often run counter to the way it's taught in #ELT
@brunoleys.bsky.social at #IATEFL2025
#reallyrealgrammar
April 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" - @BrunoLeys starting his #IATEFL2025 session on frequency in grammar teaching with some (ridiculous) examples of the Passive Voice he has found in published #ELT materials. Google them if you don't believe it.
April 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The use of ChatGPT may well enhance academic performance, in the same way that a line of coke may enhance sporting performance." Philip Kerr acerbic as ever.
Does ChatGPT enhance learning (or does it make you stupid)?https://adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/does-chatgpt-enhance-learning-or-does-it-make-you-stupid/
January 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The News Quiz 2024 follow-up activities are ready to use – with interactive options and editable worksheets to help students consolidate key language from the News Quiz I shared last week.

See here: bit.ly/3W59EUZ
News Quiz 2024: follow up
Activities for reviewing and recycling the language  from News Quiz 2024 Fictional newspaper clippings generated with ChatGPT I hope you e...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM