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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Some Ideas and 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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Which English Test is Best for You?
I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOIEC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the commercial…
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How to Prepare for Your English Test
In my previous article, I discussed a few of the many English tests available online and offline. However, before you register and pay for…
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How to Publish a Book (and How NOT to!)
Every teacher dreams of compiling their best teaching ideas into a solid book at some point in their career, I suspect. It might be…
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A (North) American K-12 and University Primer
Tory Thorkelson Just to be clear, I am a Canadian and so will include examples from both the United States and Canada (but not…
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Lessons from Student Evaluations (or Teaching by the Numbers):
by Tory Thorkelson As I have mentioned previously, our university here in Korea does student evaluations of our classes online (and has done so…
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