Joe McVeigh

English language training, consulting, and materials development

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Principles to Practice in Teaching Reading

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · EFL, Handouts, Materials development, Resources, TESOL, curriculum development, pronunication, reading

Jenny Bixby and I will give a talk at CATESOL in Santa Clara on April 24th. The title is Principles to Practice in Teaching Reading and draws on much of the research that we did in preparation for our forthcoming student reading/writing textbook from Oxford University Press. You can download the handout and PowerPoint here […]

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Textbook adoption? Not in California.

August 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Editing, Materials development, curriculum development

The Los Angeles Times reports on the implications of statewide budget cuts for education: no new textbook adoptions for grades K-8 until 2016!  The state superintendent of instruction is quoted as saying, “It could be close to a generation before we see new textbooks.”  A spokesman for the Long Beach Unified School District say, “There’s […]

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TESOL in Denver

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Editing, Handouts, Materials development, Resources, Slang, TESOL, curriculum development

If you’ll be at the TESOL conference in Denver, Please join me for the presentations listed below. Handouts and PowerPoints will be available a day or two after the presentation. Check the Resources page for teachers, trainers, and consultants.  I hope to see you there.
 
Designing Effective Reading Activities
Thursday, 3/26/2009, 1:00 PM - […]

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Making Connections

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Editing, Materials development, curriculum development

Congratulations to authors Jo McEntire and Jessica Williams on the publication of Making Connections Intermediate: A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading. This terrific intermediate level reading book has just been published by Cambridge University Press, and the whole editorial, marketing, and production teams deserve a hearty round of applause. You can learn more […]

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Request for proposals

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Online instruction, curriculum development, language testing, study abroad, teacher certification, teacher-training

The deadline for the RFP below has now passed.
I’m presently engaged in a consulting project for a large group of for-profit universities called Laureate Education, Inc. This organization is based in Baltimore and comprises a network of about 25 universities in 15 countries including 280,000 non-native speakers of whom about 100,000 […]

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