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Conference presention slides and handouts

April 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Culture, EFL, Handouts, Resources, TESOL, curriculum development

Looking for conference presentation slides and handouts?  Try this page first. The most recent presentations are at the top. In most cases you can download the PowerPoint slides and handout. You can usually also view the PowerPoint on SlideShare. You can download from there, as well, but because of all the images, some of the […]

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5 great books for teaching speaking in the English language classroom

July 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · EFL, Resources, TESOL, curriculum development, language testing, speaking

A recent thread on the TESOL English as a Foreign Language Interest Section e-list discussion group raised the issue of teaching conversation in the EFL classroom. I came up with the following list of useful books for those interested in teaching speaking.
Folse, K. S. (2006) The art of teaching speaking: Research and pedagogy for ESL/EFL […]

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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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Laureate job posting

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments · EFL, Jobs, Program Administration

The job posted below has now been filled.
I’m currently doing some consulting for a large group of non-profit universities called Laureate Education, Inc. Laureate owns about 25 universities in about 15 countries through their University Network. They are looking for a Director of English Learning Programs to oversee their EFL efforts around […]

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