My new book, 'Teaching English for the Real World' is published this week. It argues that there is a serious misalignment between how English is taught and how it's now used in the real world, not least because of technology.

I hope readers will review it asap and here is just a taste.

"Far too many teachers…are seduced by this bizarre idea that they are nurturing little authors or poets. They forget that in an entire career teaching the subject, it’s highly unlikely that any one of the children they teach will ever publish a book or a poem, never mind script a play. Even if they could find a theatre to stage it."