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In January I had the pleasure of once again teaching an Intro to TESOL course at Middlebury College. It is always amazing to work with these bright, young students and to remind myself again of what it was like back when I didn’t know anything at all about language teaching.  On...

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve attended a face-to-face TESOL Convention. Really looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones at the conference in Portland. Let me know if you might be there and we’ll try to connect!

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Oxford University Press, I’ll be giving at talk at the 41st annual Thai TESOL Conference in late January. This will be a similar talk to the one I gave at the Vietnam TESOL conference in the fall. I’m afraid this one is virtual,...

I’m looking forward to speaking at the 2021 VietTESOL Conference on Meeting the Challenges of Online Instruction. That will be at 11:45pm EDT on Friday, October 22 on the east coast of the U.S. and 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 23 in Vietnam.  Registration info here:...

Join me on April 24 for the spring version of Oxford Day Online. I’ll be talking about Encouraging Student-Centered Learning in Academic English. See the description below. Do check your local time zone. This is mostly aimed at an Asian audience so the sessions are in the...

Join me on Friday, April 16th for a talk as part of the Virtual Round Table. Here’s the topic: An effective way to engage our students more deeply with the content of language-learning classes is through the use of photographs and images. In this interactive webinar we will...

Join me on Tuesday morning April 13  at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a conversation about life in Vermont! This is part of a series about the United States from the U.S. Department of State. It is intended for English language learners and teachers, so we’ll be speaking in accessible...

I’m looking forward to giving one of the keynote talks at Oxford Day Online, a virtual professional development event, taking place online on Saturday, November 7th.  My talk is called Improving Testing and Assessment in our Programs. And this talk will be given as part of...

I’m delighted that the 3rd edition of Q: Skills for Success is now available from Oxford University Press.  My co-author, Jenny Bixby, and I are very proud of our contributions. We co-wrote two books in the reading/writing strand of the series, Level 2 and also the...

I hope to see you all at the TESOL 2020 Convention and Expo.  This year’s conference will be held in Denver, Colorado from March 31-April 3.  Register now to get early-bird prices and be sure to grab a hotel now while the less expensive venues are still available.  Here’s the...