I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new at the TESOL International Conference in Salt Lake City. This year I’ll be arriving early, but then I need to leave a bit early to return to the East coast for another event. Hope I will see you there!

Join me for ELTOC—the English Language Teaching Online Conference—from Oxford University Press. I’ll be speaking on Friday, March 27th on the topic of critical thinking and global skills in ELT. It will be live at 9:30 a.m. in the Middle East and 3:30 p.m. in Asia. If those times...

  It is always a pleasure to teach the undergraduate students at Middlebury College here in Vermont. They are a sharp and alert group. Almost all have significant experience learning other languages, so we can usually draw on their backgrounds to explore the basics of TESOL....

I am delighted to be speaking as part of Oxford Asia Day on September 27th. There will be a number of presentations during the day. My topic is “A Question-Centered Approach to Teaching with Global Skills.” I hope you’ll join me!  

I am thrilled that the 4th edition of our Q: Skills for Success series is now available in an international edition. This version has some new readings and activities. In addition to the usual focus on reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary, this edition is very tightly...

I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new at the TESOL conference in Long Beach, CA, March 18-21. Hope to see you there!

I had a terrific time in January teaching my intensive Intro to TESOL course to undergraduates at Middlebury College. Students at Middlebury take four courses in the fall and spring semesters, but then one course intensively in January. I had a terrific group of students this...

I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new at the TEFL Kuwait Conference on February 15, 2025 at the Kuwait College of Science & Technology. I’ll be giving a keynote address on Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions in 21st Century Language Teaching. Hope...

The team at American English has posted the video from my live webinar on Improving Classroom Assessment for English Language Teachers. You can find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/F8p1qWPuk0k?t=178  

It’s that time once again! I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new at the TESOL Convention in Tampa. I’ll be giving a brief talk as part of the CEA Accreditation Workshop preceding the conference on Wednesday. After that I’ll be around for the rest of the week. Will you...