David Petrie

English language teacher, teacher trainer, online tutor, writer and blogger. Mostly tweeting about teaching, ELT in particular, and related bits and pieces.

[David Petrie @teflgeek]

@maxrushden @bglendenning @guardian_sport How about -1 point for a 0-0 draw, 0 points for a 1-1 draw, and only getting 1 point for a draw if it's 2-2? #england

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@samshep I no longer use chat gpt for research questions - I've moved to @perplexity_ai instead. The answers are pretty solid and it gives its sources.

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Interesting take on things. Will AI kill the ELT sector? Has it already?
https://t.co/nqZfJ85XHk

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@maxrushden @guardian_sport @NickyBandini @NickAmes82 @jonathanliew Max, just listened to this. Ref Sergio Conceicao's mum - she died when he was 18 and a youth player at Porto, which might be why he takes exception to any comments.

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Working with @Microsoft365 and Word suggests I pluralize an uncountable noun? I can't think of contexts where "advices" would be correct... #elt

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Still heading into those sunny uplands people!
https://t.co/kQglvmJFkK
#ELT

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@PatrickAndrews Been that way since 2010.

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@ELTExperiences 3rd conditional is: past perfect in the condition and would have + past participle in the result. Let someone know is an idiomatic expression (?) which is why know appears to be infinitive, because "let" functions as the verb in the expression, "know" doesn't change.

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@k_pogson @JoyfulFE @PDNorth_FE @FETeacherEd A few years back there was an assessment theme on the British Council Teaching English site. Links to many articles here: https://t.co/W8bhThcEuv

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@MrChrisJWilson OK, interesting. Thanks for checking.

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@MrChrisJWilson I mean, that memory is now thirty years old, and I never checked it, so.... don't take as gospel! Just interested.

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@MrChrisJWilson Is 190wpm a TED recommendation? Years ago, I remember being told (on a course learning shorthand) that BBC newsreaders were told to aim for 160wpm.

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@dorey1414 hiya, am an English teacher in Portugal and there's an abridged version of the Emma Freud article in our coursebook! My students and I wanted to connect and say Hi!

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@maxrushden @guardian_sport @Towno10 @bglendenning Is @kickback_nedum happy with the photo @BBCSport chose for him for his contributions on their live text feed? He looks well pissed off in it is all....

[Dr Peter Watkins @PeterWatkinsELT]

Published yesterday! I feel very lucky to have worked with @thornburyscott again and @sandymillin for the first time. And of course thank you to everyone at @CambridgeEng, and @JoTimEFL and others!

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@MojangSupport Hoping for some help here! I want to get my kids Minecraft for xmas - I have three young kids. Do I need to buy the software three times or can I buy it once and put it on three different machines?

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Well, that explains the mini-budget disaster then... 🤣 https://t.co/vvhm4R8UTy

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@seburnt This is the problem with AI bots and moderators. No one trains them on the right kind of movies...

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Someone has drawn a moustache on Postman Pat and now all I can see when I look at the picture is a meeting of the Greendale Nazi Party....

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@connor0d You could sell it to fans of Dear Evan Hansen...