I could murder a Ruby Murray (Simmo1024)

I have been a teacher of English as a foreign language for quite some time now, which means that it is very rare that I read something that revolutionises the way I see language or the best ways to teach it.  This might mean that I have become a bit old in the tooth and set in my ways, but I try to combat this by remembering a few things that I read many aeons ago that did completely change the way I view my profession.  And because I deal with language, when my view of language changes it changes my view of life and how I relate to it.

One such moment of clarity was while I was studying for my Diploma in teaching English about ten years ago.  I read a book called ‘The Lexical Approach’ and its follow-up ‘Implementing the Lexical Approach’…