In my last post, Vocabulary Profiles & Memorisation, I discussed the importance of addressing the aspects of vocabulary, beyond the mere ‘open dictionary – memorise… Read More »Learning vocabulary: receptive or productive goal?
Reading through the blogs this week, I came across Emma Harrod’s “Two Week Vocabulary Blogging Challenge“. It and a couple of responses by Cecilia Coelho… Read More »Vocabulary profiles & memorisation
After reading the text, I now agree with the author’s opinion. This paraphrased quote, so common among my EAP students, establishes how critical thinking is… Read More »A reflection on teaching critical thinking
My students need to write a full essay on their upcoming midterm exams. They’ll be given 50 minutes to complete it, quite a task really. … Read More »Thesis development? Yes, you need it.
Utilising Twitter with students, for lesson planning and for PD, Part 2 The previous post, Tweet This, demonstrated three classroom activities (of many from the… Read More »Tweet that!
Utilising Twitter with students, for lesson planning and for PD, Part 1 In one of our workshops, I discuss the use (and validity) of social… Read More »Tweet this!
Hello to all the attendees of the TESL Ontario workshop on Utilising Social Networking and Other Internet Sites in Language Teaching! Thank you for choosing… Read More »TESL Ontario Workshop
It’s not always what you make of it. Sometimes it’s just bad. For the past several months, I’d been looking forward to the National Language… Read More »Language & Cultural Expo