Valuing Teachers: What Are They Really Worth?
That attempt to value the position of ‘Housewife’ popped up in my Facebook feed again. I cringed because the attempt to translate a position…
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How to Activate Your Classes with Drama
Many teachers are well aware of techniques like dialogues or roleplaying as standard parts of many textbooks for teaching ESL/EFL conversation, for example. However,…
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The Post Pandemic Student
Like many others, I was looking forward to the return to face-to-face classes after COVID 19 had peaked and most of us were vaccinated….
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The Benefits of Learning to Read
When I was a child, there was no greater pleasure than getting lost in the pages of a good book. But the love of,…
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A Teacher’s Starter Library
A Teacher’s Starter Library: In this day and age, we take the endless sea of useful (and sometimes less than useful) information available on…
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A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
Acronyms in ELT : What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved…
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Lessons Learned from My Hybrid Classes in 2020
In this article I outline the lessons I’ve learned from my hybrid classes in 2020.Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) is the correct term for what…
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5 Ways to Remember Students’ Names
5 Ways to Remember Students’ Names In my many years of teaching, perhaps the biggest challenge I think is remembering students’ names. At the…
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How NOT to Email Your Teacher, Professor or TA
Perhaps it is because midterms are fast approaching, but my sensitivity to the emails my students are sending me always has clear peaks and…
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More Resources for Your Online Teaching
First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually…
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