I started the blog almost two years ago (June 2015). During that first month I had 300 visitors and 700 page views. Last month there were more than 3 thousand visitors and 7 thousand page views. In between I published 99 posts including conversation and grammar lessons, posts about the CELTA and the DELTA as well as topics such as error correction, feedback, teacher development and pronunciation.
Post number one hundred will be a sad one, however. My first son will be born next month and tgetting ready for fatherhood is taking up all of my free time. So this will be my last post for a little while. I’m planning on writing again in August, but that will depend entirely on how busy I’m then, which I can’t be sure at this moment.
In order to get you through this period I have selected some older posts that may be worth exploring. I’ve put them together in a series of top 5 lists for a total of 20 posts you can read if you miss my writing.
Top 5 favourite posts
These are my favourite for a variety of reasons.
3. Grammar: Inversions in TV series
Top 5 timeless posts
These are conversation lessons about topics that won’t get dated anytime soon.
1. Tattoos
2. Pink Tax
3. Technology (lessons 1 and 2)
4. Breakfast
5. Clothes
Top 5 most popular posts
These are the posts that got the most views since I started the blog.
1. Grammar: third person singular
Top 5 posts for teachers
These aren’t covnersation lessons, but tips and tricks for teachers.
2. Using coursebooks (parts 1 and 2)
3. Error correction (parts 1 and 2)
This is it for now. Thanks for reading.
ricardo barros elt 
Valeu! Boa sorte com o pequerrucho 🙂
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Obrigado, Aurora. 🙂
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It’s a pity to see you go for now, but it’s for a very, VERY good reason.
Enjoy your time with your baby.
Thanks for keeping the blog up for us to continue enjoying its content.
See you soon. 🙂
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Thanks, Gabi. I plan to be back later this year. Let’s see how that’s going to work out.
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You are awesome!!! Thanks for sharing all those activities…Enjoy your time with your baby and family…
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Thanks, Ana. 🙂
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We’ll miss your helping hand.
Congrats on your new baby!… and “uma boa hora” to your wife
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Thanks, Marisa 🙂
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Good luck with fatherhood! And great to see that you’ve got your priorities right 🙂
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Thanks, Sandy. A lot of things have changed in my life in the last few months. Wife and I were booked for IATEFL when we found out about the pregnancy and had to cancel things. I think it’s time to slow down bit now and enjoy this next stage of my life. 🙂
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Congrats and thank u so much, ricardo!
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You’re welcome, Elizabeth 🙂
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Hey, Ricardo. That’s great news, congratulations!
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Thanks, Danielle! 🙂
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I’ve been using these lessons and they’ve been awesome. The students love all of them.
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I’m glad to hear that, Alexandre. 🙂
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I’m so glad to hear about the baby!!!
May God give you lots of wisdom, love and patience to raise this little one.
Thank you so much for your posts, specially the conversation lessons… I’ve been using them with my students since last year. My students love them!!! I´ll miss the lessons, but I’ll definitely check out the list you’ve posted.
Thanks and good luck!
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Thanks for the nice words, Liliane. 🙂
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