What is this? Does your language intuition and cultural expectations meet in the path of understanding? Without context, it can be a little challenging. Imagine this all around you. It was this alien experience, like living in some alternate reality, where I had my first experience with language workout. Korean.Read More »Korean: my language learning
For my 100th post, it seems fitting then that it be about a new project, a new era in my social media and teaching experience: this is a summary of the very first #EAPchat held on Twitter.
A few months ago, I proposed an #EAPchat to fill the void left by the great parent chats, like #edchat and #eltchat. Now, it’s about to begin!Read More »#EAPchat starts Feb 20!
As a reading and writing task, I asked my students to analyse and explain two paragraphs of a challenging newspaper article. One student’s laughable submission made me question what web tool out there could possibly have ‘helped’ him.
Through both my own interest and the influence of my MA course, I’ve been sending out prompts for dialogue on Twitter, on Facebook and in my office regarding the integration of technology in our classes in terms of the familiar (and purportedly outdated) abbreviation CALL (Computer-assisted language learning), which has been met with a polarised set of opinions. Feel free to chime in.Read More »Is CALL outdated?
Once upon a time I was a a teacher at a private language school in Toronto and it was at this school, in my first class there, that I met Nao, a student who would inspire me to learn more to teach more to improve me to inspire more. As part of the second of the #30goals, I present a visual projeqt about him and me.Read More »“the student” – a projeqt
I’m going to read you a story, our story. As you listen, I hope you’ll share what comes to mind. The more people who do, the more we’ll all benefit.Read More »Me manifesto
I need to hold office hours as part of my work week. I meet with students individually to discuss scholarly concerns, elaborate on assignment details and answer language questions they may not have had time to ask. Without any obvious tool on Blackboard to do so, I’ve looked for alternatives: posting a sign-up sheet outside our office every week, using Google spreadsheet and trying out a new feature called “Appointments” on Google calendar. One has stood out most successfully.