Reading Pleasures and Tastes Adapted for Easy English Times Column
November 12, 2008
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Easy English Times, an adult education newspaper for English language learners published in California, adapts a chapter from Compelling Conversations each month. The editors selected…
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Let’s Talk About the American Elections, Voting, and Democratic Values in English Class
November 7, 2008
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Who makes the rules? Who chooses the rulers? Can citizens peacefully replace ineffective, unpopular leaders? Yes, we can! In the United States of America, voters…
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How democratic is your ESL classroom?
October 27, 2008
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Who gets to speak in class? Whose ideas count? Who chooses the assignments? How do students receive feedback? Do students have a chance to conference…
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Small blessings during a stressful work week
October 21, 2008
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Keeping perspective remains a challenge, especially during stressful times.It’s easy to feel discouraged as we disappoint ourselves. Yet sometimes we reap benefits from our prior…
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Have You Read English Teaching Forum Yet?
June 27, 2008
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Have you read English Teaching Forum magazine yet? It is another outstanding resource for English language teachers whether working with adults in Africa, Eastern Europe,…
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Teachers Urge Google to Create Search Engine for K-12 Students
June 24, 2008
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How do students conduct online research for their K-12 classes? Do they systematically pursue a topic, use critical thinking to evaluate sources, and focus on…
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Learning by Stumbling (again) and finding Classroom 2.0
June 19, 2008
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As readers of this blog will soon discover, I believe in experimenting and finding new resources. Following an emailed lead, I discovered an impressive website…
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What are the 1000 most common words in English?
June 19, 2008
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Sometimes students ask simple, direct questions that I can’t immediately answer. For instance, an ESL student wondered, “What are the 1000 most common words in…
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Compelling Conversations site is up and running again!
June 17, 2008
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Sometimes you don’t appreciate something until you lose it. My website, down and out for almost a week of tech turmoil as I changed server,…
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TaLKing in English, Talking about English, and Learning Korean
June 16, 2008
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Sometimes we confuse talking about English with talking in English. As English teachers, we need to gently encourage our students to talk as much as…
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