The thing with interactive conference sessions
I’ve gone to a good number of conferences, both online and offline over the past decade or so. You likely have too. Many of us… Read More »The thing with interactive conference sessions
commentary
These posts contain links to and commentary about aspects of the language teaching industry.
Observations of #RSCON4
The Reform Symposium, an annual free e-conference just wrapped up this weekend and as usual, it offered an incredible mishmash of education-related sessions running the… Read More »Observations of #RSCON4
(evol)ve teaching, my new mantra
Love & evolution Two words related to teaching throughout my career Without one, I dread the class day ahead; I count the minutes until class ends;… Read More »(evol)ve teaching, my new mantra
Accommodating language learners in university lectures
A couple of years ago I listened to a keynote speech delivered by Dr. David Mendelsohn (York University, Toronto), which caused me to remark his… Read More »Accommodating language learners in university lectures
a Google Translate experiment with language
<cue 90s beat> Now this is a story all about how We can use TV theme songs to bring students ’round To seeing Google Translate… Read More »a Google Translate experiment with language
“I want to change my level.”
It’s halfway through the summer again, a time when I coordinate 4-week general English programs (amongst other language learning courses) and the woes we all… Read More »“I want to change my level.”
ELT burnout revisited
A little more than two years ago, I talked about burnout, particularly the path towards it that I and probably you were on. My ELT:Other ratio… Read More »ELT burnout revisited
Z is the 1st letter of their alphabet
The comment above from a dad about his daughter speaks volumes. For two years, I have been holding on to this story from The New… Read More »Z is the 1st letter of their alphabet