19
MAR
2026

See you at TESOL in Salt Lake City

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!
25
FEB
2026

Online webinar – Friday March 27th!

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...
10
SEP
2025

Join me for Oxford Asia Day

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!  
01
MAR
2025

See you at TESOL in Long Beach ?

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!
17
JAN
2025

TEFL Kuwait Conference

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...
19
MAR
2023
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See you at TESOL in Portland

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!
22
SEP
2021

Meeting the Challenges of Online Instruction

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:...
10
APR
2021

Encouraging student-centered learning in academic English

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...
02
APR
2021

Using images effectively in language teaching

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...
07
SEP
2020

Improving testing and assessment in our programs

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...