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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...

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 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...

In January I had the pleasure of once again teaching an Intro to TESOL course at Middlebury College. It is always amazing to work with these bright, young students and to remind myself again of what it was like back when I didn’t know anything at all about language teaching.  On...

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!

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Oxford University Press, I’ll be giving at talk at the 41st annual Thai TESOL Conference in late January. This will be a similar talk to the one I gave at the Vietnam TESOL conference in the fall. I’m afraid this one is virtual,...

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:...

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...

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...