The Big Talk Club blog
Blog
Ideas worth discussing, English worth learning from, written for the same teachers and learners the rest of this site is built for.
What the blog is for
Every material in the shop starts from an interesting idea, not a textbook category. The blog is where we think out loud about those ideas before they become a lesson, the topic, the tension in it, and the language it needs, written up as an article instead of a worksheet.
Coming up
Topics we're planning to write about first
These are the directions we plan to cover first, the same tensions behind the topics already in the shop. No articles yet, just the plan.
Overtourism
Everyone wants to see the same handful of places. What do we owe the people who actually live there?
See materials on this topicSelf-care
Self-care started out as a boundary. When did it turn into an excuse for almost anything?
See materials on this topicCelebrity culture
We know a stranger's divorce better than our own neighbour's name. What does that say about us?
See materials on this topicProductivity
Are we actually getting more done, or just better at looking busy?
See materials on this topicSocial media
Nobody feels better after another five minutes of scrolling. Why do we keep going anyway?
See materials on this topicAI
A machine writes something that sounds right. Who's actually responsible when it's wrong?
See materials on this topicBefore the first post
The editorial side of the blog, our WordPress newsroom, isn't running yet. Real posts, with a real date and a named author, will appear here once it launches, not before.