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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A very common conditional in notices and signs expressing an instruction. present simple + imperative #ReallyRealGrammar

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Modal MUST expressing obligation, is often used in a passive voice. You can also notice the use of WILL + bare infinitive expressing certainty. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Two examples of present continuous (progressive) for emphasis (You can trust us on this) #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Fine example of a present simple positive and negative, expressing information as a fact. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Laura Patsko moving into the ELF pronunciation zone. #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Morning Plenary: ‘5 things I wish I’d known when I started teaching’ with Laura Patsko “I wish I had known how much of language teaching isn’t about the language” #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Hugh Dellar stating that “underload” might be a more common issue than “overload” in most ELT classes. #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

@lexicojules.bsky.social showing how the Cambridge Learners Dictionary now also includes collocation entries #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Very relevant, corpus-informed session by @ScottThornbury on 3rd person S, with ready to use takeaways. #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Excellent, both informed and informative plenary by Danny Norrington-Davies and Richard Chinn #iatefl2026 So happy to also have a plenary that can have an immediate impact on the way teachers teach.

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Former BELTA Belgium plenary speaker Tyson Seburn exposing an ‘erasure’ degree of heteronormality in published ELT materials. #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Questions raised by today’s plenary speaker Patricia Angoy #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

IATEFL president Chris Graham opening this year’s conference #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Some more questions to the subject - present simple (without auxiliary TO DO) in this Hamilton programme #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Example of a present simple question to the subject (so without auxiliary TO DO) #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Several question types in this ad: Present simple question word question with TO BE, a Yes/No question and a question tag question. At the bottom a WILL+ infinitive question, as a call for action. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Interesting to see both GOING TO and WILL for future reference being used in a single cartoon. The WILL for me sounds more definitive, certain. Would you agree? #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In informal spoken(-like) English, present simple questions often occur without the auxiliary ‘to do’. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Glad to play my part in this wonderful event once more! #iatefl #iatefl2026

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I had a great time doing this session with an enthusiastic and engaged group of English language teachers at #Lingofest 2027 in UCLL Hasselt today. A great event year after year!

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Enjoyed myself delivering this CPD session for teachers at #CNO University of Antwerp with a fully engaged and enthusiastic group of teachers. See? I don’t only talk about grammar.😉 Next stop: Lingofest at UCLL Diepenbeek on March 12th.

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A WILL+ (bare) infinitive expressing a promise, an engagement and also a comparative and superlative form of ‘fast’ in the same ad. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Two WILL+infinitive examples. The first one as part of a conditional expressing a promise, an engagement. The second one more of a certainty, you can count on our quality. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Three imperatives expressing instructions and wishes. #ReallyRealGrammar #linguisticlandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Really enjoyed giving a talk at #CNO Talendag at the University of Antwerp last Friday. A very motivated group of teachers joined in on exploring how we can use accessible poetry as an engaging language learning tool. #elt

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Present simple for a past event in news headlines. An example showing that we use the tense for much more than just present time reference. #reallyrealgrammar

News headline on mild earthquake in North England

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Guess I’ll be heading to #brighton again next spring. Hope to see many of my #iatefl friends there! And oh yes, surprise surprise, I’ll be talking about grammar teaching 🤭(again).

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A typical example of a common conditional (though not so often taught) present simple + imperative for (strong) advice #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Imperatives used as encouragement, rather than orders or instructions. #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Imperative with please for a request and modal might expressing possibility #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Conditional with imperative expressing a request and interesting use of a plural verb (check) with the subject ‘Our team’ - team as a group of people? #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Funny message in the Erasmus Hogeschool canteen at #belta25 with an imperative inspired by the movie Forrest Gump. Once again not an order or command, but rather an encouragement #ReallyRealGrammar #LinguisticLandscapes

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Dries Debackere from De Taalsector sharing his main takeaways from #IATEFL2025 at #belta25

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Ron Mukerji showing a series of AI tools that can support teachers at #belta25

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Mario Lecluyze sharing his experiences with using ChatGPT for marking his students’ writing assignments in his inspiring talk at #belta25

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Plenary speaker Grzegorz Spiewak delivering a thought-provoking and engaging talk at #belta25

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

One of the two closing plenary speakers, 11-y-old Ali Waters, brought on stage in @emilybrysonelt.bsky.social ‘s workshop at #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

doodling and plenty of visuals in @emilybrysonelt.bsky.social ‘s workshop obviously #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hugh Dellar discussing how we’re shaped as teachers at #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Neil McMillan including some poetry humour in his highly entertaining plenary at #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Neil McMillan quoting different findings stating that implicit learning/ knowledge is in fact better #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

This session on linguistic landscape tasks contained fine samples of English and nice learner reflections. #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Trying out the Lightning Talks format (receptively) #IATEFL2025 Quite a feat to share meaningful content in just three minutes. (And when not meaningful, the pain’s over in just 3 minutes)

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Luiz Otavio Barros encouraging us to ‘get dirty with language’ in his talk on Demand High teaching #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Michael Carrier quoting Chomsky ‘AI is high tech plagiarism’ #IATEFL2025

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Bruno Leys @brunoleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@danielxerri.bsky.social sharing this fine quote from Donald Freeman on research. #IATEFL2025

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