Are adult students/trainees wholly responsible for their own learning? How much responsibility should the teacher/trainer take for the success of the teaching-and-learning process?            
                			
		        				
							
					                    
                
        
                            
                I’ve been on a couple of courses recently where the trainers talked about previous clients in a way I found uncomfortable. One was chatting idly about them during breaks …            
                			
		        				
							
					                    
                
        
                            
                At the Battle of Ideas Festival over the weekend, one of the best sessions I attended was one entitled Learn Latin in 30 Minutes. Teacher and teaching-advisor Nevile Gwynne …            
                			
		        				
							
					                    
                
        
                            
                Up and down the UK every day, people are training other people: explaining things, demonstrating things, passing on their knowledge and abilities. Sadly, all too often this exercise is …            
                			
		        				
							
					                    
                
        
                            
                I discovered the buzzing city of Manchester when I came to university here in 1986. Since those heady years as a language student, I have had my mind expanded …