Compelling Conversations – Vietnam is here!
January 10, 2017
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Become who you want to be – in English! Vietnamese teachers of English: are you developing a more fluency-focused curriculum for your ESL/EFL class this fall?…
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New Year’s Resolutions: Discussing Change in English Class
January 5, 2017
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“To modernize is to adopt and to adapt, but it is also to recreate.” Octavio Paz, (1914-1998), Mexican writer and diplomat. Holidays and anniversaries often…
Read MoreTeaching Matters: Prefix/Suffix Study
August 17, 2016
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Embed from Getty Images “First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had…
Read MoreSeeing the World Through Photographs (again): Photo Exercises for the English Classroom
August 10, 2016
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“When you look at my pictures you are seeing my life.” – Douglas Kirkland (1934-), American photographer Photographs capture moments, inform viewers, and start conversations.…
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July 28, 2016
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“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” —Ansel Adams (1902–1984), American photographer and environmentalist If a picture is worth…
Read MoreTeaching Matters: How to Add Student Voices to Classroom Discussions
July 12, 2016
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” -Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), British author and Nobel laureate This Teacher Edition Tuesday post, a…
Read MoreTeaching Matters: Discussing Stress in the Classroom
July 5, 2016
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“People who want to do everything all at once generally don’t get anything done.” —Jerry Brown, Governor of California This Teacher Edition Tuesday post, a…
Read MoreTalking About Fun with Phrasal Verbs
June 28, 2016
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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962), American politician, activist and chairman of the…
Read MoreBridging the Gap: How English for Professionals courses aid international engineers
June 27, 2016
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As both lecturer and master lecturer, respectively, in the Engineering Writing Program and American Language Institute, I have worked with many international engineering students at…
Read MoreTeaching Matters: Preparing Student-Centered Materials for the Classroom
June 21, 2016
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“If it is language that makes us human, one half of language is to listen.” – Jacob Trapp (1899-1992), American religious leader Part…
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