Copernicus: Language Comes Through Culture

Language Comes Through Culture

Copernicus: Language comes through culture “The mantra of ‘consistent reward’ has often been popular amongst educators, but neuroscience suggests we may need to turn that on its head.” So says […]

Ten Pre-Listening Activities

Ten Pre-Listening Activities

Ten Pre-Listening Activities In my previous article for EFL Magazine, I described the features of the three stages of a listening lesson (pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening). In this article, I […]

Copernicus Goes to France

Copernicus Goes to France

Copernicus goes to France (Actually, North London) Here’s a question for your students: what is the most widely learned foreign language in the world after English? Despite a big recent […]

Copernicus Goes Into Orbit

Copernicus Goes Into Orbit

Copernicus Goes Into Orbit In 2014 your Copernicus columnist was the joint winner of a public competition to think of a name for a mission to the International Space Station […]

Using The Benefits Of Working Globally

Using The Benefits Of Working Globally

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, one of the leading figures in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education, once started a talk with a picture of a jack-o’-lantern (a Halloween pumpkin with […]

Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments

Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments

Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments What is a teachable moment? In “The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Creating Teachable Moments” (a science education book published earlier this year), Rodger Bybee describes […]

Special report on FAB8 Kyoto

Special report on FAB8 Kyoto

FAB8 Kyoto FAB8 – the latest in a series of international neuroELT conferences dedicated to neuroscience and English Language Teaching – was held at Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan from […]

Copernicus: Assessing English Skills

Assessing English Skills

Copernicus: Assessing English Skills “The heavenly bodies do not all move round the same centre.” This is the first of seven axioms written down by the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus […]

Teaching English in Taiwan – My Brief Guide

Teaching English in Taiwan

Teaching English in Taiwan – My Brief Guide This memory is one of many from a makeshift career that has lasted over 5 consecutive years and three countries, enjoying amounts […]