By Gerrishon SirereVolunteering overseas is one of the most rewarding things you can do. It will change the way you see the world.  Here are just a few ways it can leave its mark…You realise that progress is only possible by working togetherYou may find you have skills you never knew you had...Lots of skills...

By Gerrishon SirereAs you’ve probably noticed, France has elected a new president. From my point of view, the French system is quite peculiar in that not only do the people directly elect the President, but there are also are two rounds of voting – unless one candidate wins...

When I was in Loitokitok in the far South of Kajiado County (a small town in Kenya), I was lucky enough to have a free day. We decided we were going to head off to Lokoro, a town on the slopes of the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro that serves as the main shopping center for the local Tanzanians....

John Lennon John Lennon (Singer)Some years ago, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:'Christianity will end, it will disappear.I do not have to argue about that.. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him' (1966). Lennon, after saying that...

Last night I was at our local pub quiz. For anyone who hasn’t experienced this, basically it’s an excuse for people to get together and drink, but at the same time it allows ourselves to feel that we are not drunks or layabouts because we are actually proving our great intelligence and...

We all refer to ‘native’ and ‘non-native speakers’ not just in English Language Teaching (ELT), Second Language Acquisition (SLA) or linguistics, but also in daily life. Consider the following sentences:She’s a ‘native speaker’ of Spanish.I don’t know how to say this, to be honest. Let’s ask a ‘native speaker’.We can’t...