In a few weeks, The Image Conference is being held in Barcelona, Spain. I won’t be able to attend but EnglishCentral will be a sponsor. The future of language learning and teaching is visual, is controlled reality. I got to thinking about all the powerful ways of using images when teaching. I’ll most certainly be [...]
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June 27, 2007 12:44 am – my first EFL Classroom 2.0 post
[ I'm highlighting the "gems" of EFL Classroom 2.0 this month. So, thought it appropriate to post up the first of over 1,500 blog posts in that time. The start. ] Educational Bliss I really truly, madly deeply, believe in the power of education. Not as a way to knowledge but wisdom — as a [...]
category: Prof. Development
The “other side” of being a teacher
This month I’ve had my head full of “spring” and in particular that spring 40 some years ago in 1968 when students around the world became very “educated” and aware and sought to change things for the better. I didn’t live through that spring and I don’t condone everything that happened then BUT it was [...]
category: Miscellaneous, Prof. Development
A Story for Educators
Today, I’d like to share a very personal story. A story told at a University of Toronto commencement address in the 1980s (which year eludes me – I’m getting old!) by Gyorgy Faludy. My mentor – an Hungarian poet, writer, educator, thinker without equal. Read more about Faludy here. Here are some photos of his [...]
category: Miscellaneous
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Speak Like Bond
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Teacher
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Co-teaching in the EFL Classroom
ESSENTIALS FOR TEACHERS
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