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Posts from ‘September, 2009’

The English Auntie

Sep 28th, 2009
by Barbara.
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One of my favorite walking routes takes me near the neighborhood elementary school. Last week, as I passed a young girl, I heard her question (in Japanese), “An English person?” I turned and explained that while I spoke English, I was American. Turns out that I was the first foreign person she’d had a chance to [...]

What I’ve Learned from my PLN

Sep 17th, 2009
by Barbara.
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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?) This has been a resources kind of week for me–free books and free conferences!

Stories from the Front Lines of EFL

Sep 16th, 2009
by Barbara.
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Do you remember the Indian fable about blind men describing an elephant? Depending on which body part they touched, they described a very different animal. At times, trying to describe English as a Foreign Language for young learners feels a bit like describing an elephant. There are two things common to young learner EFL classes: they [...]

What I’ve Learned From My PLN (September 1, 2009)

Sep 1st, 2009
by Barbara.
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This week was about motivation–both mine and my students’. It started with an #edchat conversation on Twitter about the value of homework. Alfie Kohn (a man decidedly against homework!) shared an article from the journal Theory and Research in Education about self-determination theory as regards motivation. While the article was interesting enough, what really got me excited was discovering that ALL [...]

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