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
<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
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.”
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
In the previous post, Z is the first letter of their alphabet, three English-speaking children talked about their experiences of being students for 4 years… Read More »In the shoes of a newcomer with no language
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
Play video until 1:35. Stop. Ask students what the video depicts. Start over. Ask students to individually write down as many of the activities shown… Read More »Storytelling, predictions & inferences through video
May 24, 2013 TOSCON13 opened today. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. 3 years ago to the day, I opened this blog, my own… Read More »Diary of a conference chair