How NOT to Email Your Teacher, Professor or TA
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Perhaps it is because midterms are fast approaching, but my sensitivity to the emails my students are sending me always has clear peaks and valleys. I am quite understanding at […]
Great Online Tools for Teaching
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Great Online Tools for 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 meet […]
Some Online Resources for Teaching English
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Online Resources for Teaching English First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually meet […]
Which English Test is Best for You?
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I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOIEC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the commercial English tests available here in Korea […]
How to Prepare for Your English Test
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In my previous article, I discussed a few of the many English tests available online and offline. However, before you register and pay for the examination of your choice, it […]
How to Publish a Book (and How NOT to!)
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Every teacher dreams of compiling their best teaching ideas into a solid book at some point in their career, I suspect. It might be to use as a textbook for […]
A (North) American K-12 and University Primer
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Tory Thorkelson Just to be clear, I am a Canadian and so will include examples from both the United States and Canada (but not Mexico which is part of North […]
Lessons from Student Evaluations (or Teaching by the Numbers):
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by Tory Thorkelson As I have mentioned previously, our university here in Korea does student evaluations of our classes online (and has done so since 2002) but the questions and […]
My Favorite Icebreaker Activities for New University Classes
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by Tory Thorkelson As someone who used various versions of Find Someone Who to warm up my classes at the beginning of my career, I am constantly trying to come […]
Tools and Tips to Help Your Students Write an A+ Essay/Research Paper
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Tory S. Thorkelson, M.Ed. More and more students are being asked to write undergraduate papers and yet, even where writing classes are offered, there is never enough time to cover […]