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…
Read MoreThat attempt to value the position of ‘Housewife’ popped up in my Facebook feed again. I cringed because the attempt to translate a position…
Read MoreMany teachers are well aware of techniques like dialogues or roleplaying as standard parts of many textbooks for teaching ESL/EFL conversation, for example. However,…
Read MoreLike 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….
Read MoreWhen I was a child, there was no greater pleasure than getting lost in the pages of a good book. But the love of,…
Read MoreA Teacher’s Starter Library: In this day and age, we take the endless sea of useful (and sometimes less than useful) information available on…
Read MoreAcronyms in ELT : What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read More5 Ways to Remember Students’ Names In my many years of teaching, perhaps the biggest challenge I think is remembering students’ names. At the…
Read MorePerhaps it is because midterms are fast approaching, but my sensitivity to the emails my students are sending me always has clear peaks and…
Read MoreFirst, 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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