The Future of English Language Teaching is Liberal Arts
Our disrupted world is poised for more disruption. New technologies have already upended many industries and professions. English language teaching and education more generally…
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Teaching Tracks: Top Ten
Teaching Tracks: Book Review: Chris Walklett, I first came across Chris Walklett’s work in the academic presentations and conference appearances he made in the…
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The Expressive Power of Modal Verbs and Why ESL and EFL Students Avoid Them
By Richard E. McDorman Modal verbs have expressive power far beyond what their simple forms would suggest. I have encountered very view linguistic works…
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Engaging Students in an Intensive Reading Class
by Sandi Ferdiansyah Reading in English as a second or foreign language can become a daunting task for language learners. In fact, they need…
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How To Use A Timer In The Classroom
How To Use A Timer In The Classroom Most instructors want to get better at using technology in the classroom. However, sometimes the best…
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Motivation and Language Testing
Motivation and Testing Are your learners bogged down with tests? Does this cause a drop in motivation in your language class? Language learning can…
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10 Fun Post-Reading Activities
I recently wrote a post on 10 useful pre-reading activities, so I thought I would follow this up with a blog post about activities…
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5 Tips To Read Faster
5 Tips to Read Faster Do you sometimes have learners who feel their reading speed is too slow? Would you like to help them…
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10 Pre-Reading Activities
There was a great article published recently on 10 pre-listening activities by Hall Houston. This inspired me to contribute to this article that has…
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“Mind the App!”: Book Review
“Mind the App!”: Book Review When I first started to experiment with tablets and mobile devices in the language classroom, I initially had to…
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