Melanie Teaches
@melanieteaches.bsky.social
TEFL-Q, Freelance, Online
EAP, IELTS, Cambridge exams, Duolinguo
Mediocre clarinetist, enthusiastic crocheter, easily-distracted gardener held hostage by badgers.
EAP, IELTS, Cambridge exams, Duolinguo
Mediocre clarinetist, enthusiastic crocheter, easily-distracted gardener held hostage by badgers.
My ESL students: ....
Me: Since you asked about words that look the same but mean totally different things!
Me: Since you asked about words that look the same but mean totally different things!
The French word ‘employer’ (to emploi) has the same origin as ‘impliquer’ (to imply).
The former was inherited from Latin, while the latter was borrowed from it later.
They’re called doublets.
Stay tuned for doublets in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Galician, Dutch and English.
The former was inherited from Latin, while the latter was borrowed from it later.
They’re called doublets.
Stay tuned for doublets in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Galician, Dutch and English.
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My ESL students: ....
Me: Since you asked about words that look the same but mean totally different things!
Me: Since you asked about words that look the same but mean totally different things!
I'm so tempted to get Spotify _just_ for this.
My gift to you: the worst Christmas playlist, to horrify your friends and relations. Apple Music & Spotify links at shitm.as
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm so tempted to get Spotify _just_ for this.
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Just bought Lullaby by Together For Palestine - many great artists including Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, and Neneh Cherry - let’s get this to the top of the charts - please buy, please share - please help show that peace and camaraderie are vital values
togetherforpalestine.org
togetherforpalestine.org
TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE: LULLABY - THE NEW SINGLE
Together for Palestine aims to raise millions for the Palestinian-led organisations at the frontline of the crisis, such as Taawon, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and the Palestine Medical Reli...
togetherforpalestine.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just bought Lullaby by Together For Palestine - many great artists including Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, and Neneh Cherry - let’s get this to the top of the charts - please buy, please share - please help show that peace and camaraderie are vital values
togetherforpalestine.org
togetherforpalestine.org
Have you got a maker to big up?
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Have you got a maker to big up?
Currently wishing I had a classroom to put one of these cuties in.
We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Currently wishing I had a classroom to put one of these cuties in.
I'm not a member, but perhaps should be simply to help this important effort.
Reminding National Trust members not to turn into a pumpkin - please *use your vote* before the end of the month to support genuine candidates and keep the disingenuous ‘Restore’ stooges away from the Trust’s assets. Easiest way is use ‘Quick Vote’ to endorse official NT AGM recommendations.
Pumpkin patch at Hinton Ampner
@nationaltrust.org.uk 🎃
@nationaltrust.org.uk 🎃
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm not a member, but perhaps should be simply to help this important effort.
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⏳ Last chance to shop the Shelter Scotland × AllSaints 2025 collab. Ending Sunday.
Find unique, repaired and customised fashion in our Glasgow Botanics and Edinburgh Morningside shops.
Every purchase will help towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
Find unique, repaired and customised fashion in our Glasgow Botanics and Edinburgh Morningside shops.
Every purchase will help towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
⏳ Last chance to shop the Shelter Scotland × AllSaints 2025 collab. Ending Sunday.
Find unique, repaired and customised fashion in our Glasgow Botanics and Edinburgh Morningside shops.
Every purchase will help towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
Find unique, repaired and customised fashion in our Glasgow Botanics and Edinburgh Morningside shops.
Every purchase will help towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
Mood.
I was having an emotion, and I hate that.
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mood.
Why did nothing this interesting ever happen to me on the A14?
The real crime is that they’ve put this “premium” item behind a paywall.
October 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Why did nothing this interesting ever happen to me on the A14?
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Like two thieves in the night! 😾😺
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Like two thieves in the night! 😾😺
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This Prime Day, did you know my wonderful, supportive indie publishers sell ebooks of their titles direct? And that you always get a great deal on them because no space bothering billionaire gets a cut? farragobooks.com
Welcome to Farrago Books
Farrago’s purpose is simply to help readers find fiction that makes them smile. We want to introduce you to books that will tickle your funny bone. We want you to know that if you find one funny, ther...
farragobooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This Prime Day, did you know my wonderful, supportive indie publishers sell ebooks of their titles direct? And that you always get a great deal on them because no space bothering billionaire gets a cut? farragobooks.com
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as Storm Season rolls in, I am once again inviting you to post a screenshot of your donation to the RNLI in exchange for one(1) recipe of your choice, style manner and difficulty level to be decided by you.
We racked up a couple of hundred quid last time and if any satisfied punters could RT…
We racked up a couple of hundred quid last time and if any satisfied punters could RT…
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
as Storm Season rolls in, I am once again inviting you to post a screenshot of your donation to the RNLI in exchange for one(1) recipe of your choice, style manner and difficulty level to be decided by you.
We racked up a couple of hundred quid last time and if any satisfied punters could RT…
We racked up a couple of hundred quid last time and if any satisfied punters could RT…
NGL, questioning my life choices RN.
still looking for an iceberg researcher! is that you or someone you know? 🧪
do I know anyone who studies icebergs? I need to talk to icebergerians for an article! Please share and thank you! 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NGL, questioning my life choices RN.
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🚪Don't miss Doors Open Days in Edinburgh this weekend. Explore some fascinating local buildings in our district including @edinburghprints.bsky.social , Morningside United Church, St Peter's Catholic Church & The Edinburgh Steiner School Kindergarten.
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Doors Open Days | Unlock Scotland this September!
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old.
www.doorsopendays.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚪Don't miss Doors Open Days in Edinburgh this weekend. Explore some fascinating local buildings in our district including @edinburghprints.bsky.social , Morningside United Church, St Peter's Catholic Church & The Edinburgh Steiner School Kindergarten.
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
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"...asylum procedures are shaped not only by the words spoken and written, but also by the unspoken internal dialogues that unfold within them..."
Read on here:
Read on here:
The Conversations You Don’t Hear in Asylum Procedures
This month we are publishing Interpreting in Asylum Procedures: Dialogist Interpretation by Hassan Mizori. In this post the author introduces the dialogist approach to interpretation and explains w…
wp.me
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"...asylum procedures are shaped not only by the words spoken and written, but also by the unspoken internal dialogues that unfold within them..."
Read on here:
Read on here:
I'll be standing on my back step; what I see through the 🌳🌳🌳 is what I see.
Then my jet-lagged 🧠 has permission to go to 🛏️!
Then my jet-lagged 🧠 has permission to go to 🛏️!
A lunar eclipse will be visible this evening as the Moon rises from around 19:30 BST 🌒
With the Moon low on the horizon, you may need to find a high spot with a clear view east for the best chance to see it
With the Moon low on the horizon, you may need to find a high spot with a clear view east for the best chance to see it
September 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'll be standing on my back step; what I see through the 🌳🌳🌳 is what I see.
Then my jet-lagged 🧠 has permission to go to 🛏️!
Then my jet-lagged 🧠 has permission to go to 🛏️!
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Hey Educators: Have you seen the 20-day #SharedPride LGBTQ+ resources for educators? Check all them out at seburnt.substack.com!
I'm ELT, but these can work in pretty much all contexts because they're not about English language specifically.
I'm ELT, but these can work in pretty much all contexts because they're not about English language specifically.
July 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hey Educators: Have you seen the 20-day #SharedPride LGBTQ+ resources for educators? Check all them out at seburnt.substack.com!
I'm ELT, but these can work in pretty much all contexts because they're not about English language specifically.
I'm ELT, but these can work in pretty much all contexts because they're not about English language specifically.
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We're looking forward to our event with Paul Wood, author of Tree Hunting. Join us 30/07 for a wonderful evening celebrating trees, right here at the bookshop! 🌳 goldenharebooks.com/products/tre... @thestreettree.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We're looking forward to our event with Paul Wood, author of Tree Hunting. Join us 30/07 for a wonderful evening celebrating trees, right here at the bookshop! 🌳 goldenharebooks.com/products/tre... @thestreettree.bsky.social
NGL, adorbs.
Thanks to UT herpetologist Tom Devitt, last week I was able to photograph the unusual Texas Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus), which passes through the tadpole stage within the egg, hatching as a fully-formed frog.
June 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NGL, adorbs.
I'm always struck in these stories by how no one has any data. No one has numbers for how many parked cars are customers, nor for what percentage of customers came by car, nor examples of data from simliar high streets that have restricted free parking.
Haddington shop owners unite to fight parking charge plans
Shop owners have warned council plans to restrict free parking in their town centre to just 30 minutes will ‘kill’ the local high street. East Lothian Council has launched the latest in a series of parking consultations’to the market town…
Shop owners have warned council plans to restrict free parking in their town centre to just 30 minutes will ‘kill’ the local high street. East Lothian Council has launched the latest in a series of parking consultations’to the market town…
Haddington shop owners unite to fight parking charge plans
Shop owners have warned council plans to restrict free parking in their town centre to just 30 minutes will ‘kill’ the local high street. East Lothian Council has launched the latest in a series of parking consultations’to the market town of Haddington as it looks into expanding parking meters and charges across the county. But while many fear the outcome is already a foregone conclusion, local businesses and their customers are fighting back.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm always struck in these stories by how no one has any data. No one has numbers for how many parked cars are customers, nor for what percentage of customers came by car, nor examples of data from simliar high streets that have restricted free parking.
The Air Pandas have been very noisy today.
We categorically reject China’s recharacterization of multiple species. Nationalism belongs to the depths of Hades.
May 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Air Pandas have been very noisy today.
Long shot Bluesky but due to some postal shenanigans, I got a parcel containing 4 Discoveries of Egypt coins today. The original contents of my parcel (from my bestie) were Axolotl stationery. The coins are going for £12.95 each on ebay. Did you buy them and got a surprise axolotl instead?
May 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM