Impressing your Students with Your Youtube Skills
By Tory Thorkelson As teachers, we are certainly aware of the place technology will take in the classroom whether we want it to or not. One reason I like to […]
40 + Essential Resources for Your Teaching Library
40 + Essential Resources for Your Teaching Library Since I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with building my teaching library. A library can be many things — a place of […]
Cultural Capital: Experience as a Classroom Resource
Experience as a Classroom Resource Amidst all the uncertainties in the world of education, there is, what John Dewey calls, ‘one permanent frame of reference’. He describes this frame of […]
Sailing the Sea of CTRL C + V
Sailing the Sea of CTRL C + V By now, I’m sure we’ve all seen the Melania Trump speech that plagiarized Michelle Obama. Finally, teachers the world over have the […]
Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy
Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy Last month I took four weeks to complete one of the more reputed TESOL qualification courses available (no, not that one, the other one…).The […]
Textbooks Are Great, But…
Textbooks are Great, But… Every once in a while as a teacher you encounter one of those classes or days. Your students are all glassy eyed and wilting and you […]
Teaching English Using TED Talks
Teaching English Using TED Talks We EFL teachers today are indeed a very fortunate group of people. Due in large part to the Internet, there are a plethora of easily […]
Teach English in Ecuador: A Brief Guide
Teach English in Ecuador: A Brief Guide English is a global language, a true Lingua Franca, and this applies to Ecuador as well. The government is keen on improving the […]
Presentation highlights from IATEFL 2016
Presentation highlights from IATEFL 2016 Among the presentation highlights from IATEFL 2016, by far the most talked about session this year was Silvana Richardson’s plenary ‘The “native factor”, the haves […]
Teacher Talk Acts, Not Teacher Talk Time
Teacher talk acts, not teacher talk time Student Centred Learning. Buzzword de rigueur. It’s a principle that, of course, I wholeheartedly endorse, and I travel around the country talking about […]