Joe McVeigh

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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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Exploring college slang

May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Slang

On Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, I’ll be at the Northern New England TESOL conference to give a talk about the Middlebury Slang Project. In January of 2008, students in a course I was teaching at Middlebury College collected slang from their fellow students. They then wrote dictionary definitions, winnowed the list, […]

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