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
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“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.”
A language teacher’s Xmas wishlist [revisited]
As the end of another term, year, (world?) approaches, it’s natural to consider how things have shaped up compared to last year. It was around… Read More »A language teacher’s Xmas wishlist [revisited]
Considerations of the LGBTQ in ELT materials
*2022 update: I hadn’t looked at this post in quite a while. I have updated a few terms throughout this post to reflect my own… Read More »Considerations of the LGBTQ in ELT materials
G is for Grapple
No, I’m not going to be weaving a well-constructed post about an apple posing as a grape (pictured above) as a metaphor for an ELT issue–the operative word being “well”–nor am I beginning a series of posts that will piggyback off Scott Thornbury’s well-known blog format (ok, maybe just this once). Instead, two of his recent posts on coursebook/syllabi approaches, P is Postmodern method and C is for Critical Pedagogy, have given me that little nudge to write about the grappling with curricula and coursebooks I undergo every summer. (By the way, they also have inspired a desire to incorporate vivid metaphors into my posts, which will continually manifest itself somewhere, some way. You wait!)
A language teacher’s Xmas wishlist
It’s the Christmas…/cough/…holiday season and with it come the wish lists full of toys, games, clothes and gadgets. Although many of the gifts under this tree contain those things, none of them contain the more abstract wishes I have for English language teachers everywhere. Read More »A language teacher’s Xmas wishlist