English Teachers Confront the Billion-Person Question
June 5, 2011
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“How can rural Chinese students develop their listening and speaking skills with very limited opportunities to speak with actual native speakers in person?” This question…
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Does Teaching English Open Minds in Closed Societies? – Part 1
February 6, 2010
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Does teaching English open minds in closed societies? Are repressive governments “right” to fear the spread of English? Can the mania for learning English destabilize…
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Making Accurate, Sound Comparisions in ESL/EFL Conversation Classes
September 4, 2009
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How do you say that again? Which is correct? What is a sound comparison? English teachers and linguists might also find website www.soundcomparisions.com worth a…
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This I Believe
March 24, 2009
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The "This I Believe" website includes a tremendous amount of free resources for teachers and students. Naturally, I also have a simple reproducible worksheet that…
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Practice Might not Make Perfect, but it Does Help ESL Students in Job Interviews
March 24, 2009
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More Practical Job Interview Tips for ESL Students, Teachers from Q Blog During these difficult economic times, English teachers should take every possible opportunity to…
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Creating More Student-Centered Conversation Materials
March 7, 2009
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EFL teachers continue to bring communicative techniques and direct learning methods to more and more Vietnamese students. Yet another exceptional educator working in Vietnam has…
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