Have you ever taught a class that just never seemed to come together? Or one in which the students all worked together really well? Do you think that classes have their own personalities?
I first learned about the concept of class chemistry as a student teacher. My master teacher, a wonderful woman named Martha Bean, commented […]
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Class chemistry
September 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Tags: chemistry·class chemistry·ELT·ESL·personality·teachers·teaching·TESOL
Q: Skills for Success now available
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’m delighted to report that the new book that Jenny Bixby and I have written for Oxford University Press is now available in the U.S. Q: Skills for Success: Reading and Writing 2 can be obtained from your local OUP rep, on the OUP Website, or at Amazon.com. This is part of a larger series […]
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In Tune with English
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
As a musician, I’m always interested in ways of incorporating music and the arts into instruction. I think that “Using Songs in the ESL Classroom” was one of the earliest professional presentations that I ever gave. Here, however, is a new twist: an English language school in Bankok, that makes extensive use of music and […]
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The reason that we teach
December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In mid-December I was flying back to Burlington, Vermont from LaGuardia airport in New York. A couple with a small child, dressed in a slightly unusual fashion were in the wrong seats, and were properly relocated to the very back row of the 20-seat plane where I was sitting. The father had something […]
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