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What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #6 (ELTAS Tech Tools Day Edition)

I had planned on taking a bit of a break from creating quizzes based on blogs by members of my Personal Learning Network. Then Anne Hodgson (one of the members of said PLN) sent me a message on Twitter, telling me about an upcoming event in Germany—ELTAS Tech Tools Day. Now, I would do just [...]

“Special” tricks Part 2 — repetition (by David Deubelbeiss)

Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know If you missed the first part of this article, start here Previously, I outlined how much I’d been changed as a teacher by the realization that language students would benefit from a lot of the instructional practices of “special” needs teachers. Accommodations and modifications of [...]

An “old dog” and “special tricks” (by David Deubelbeis)

Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Over the length of my teaching career, I’ve changed in many ways. I think my journey mimics that of a lot of other ELT teachers. 1. I have slowed down my delivery and instruction considerably. I used to just screech and scream through content. Now, [...]

What You Can Learn from my PLN Quiz #5 (July 9th)

Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Janet Bianchini Sue Lyon-Jones Michelle Worgan Catherine Dorgan Sabrina

What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #4 (July 4th)

Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network This past week, some readers let know know that one of the links was broken in my post for PLN Quiz #4, and others let me know that they couldn’t access the quiz website. I appreciated the time they took to 1) try and take the quiz, [...]

Tips for Teaching Teens (by Michelle Worgan)

Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know While trying to have a quick nap on a hot Friday afternoon in Southern Spain, I started thinking of what to write about for this guest post. Two ideas came to me – the first being the use of puppets in the early learner classroom, [...]

What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #4 (June 28)

Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Colin Graham Catherine Dorgan Harini Dwi Janet Bianchini

What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #3 (June 23)

Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Arjana Blazic Catherine Dorgan Jane Barden Katerina Zempeki-Stamelou Leahn Stanhope Marisa Parvan

What you can learn from my PLN Quiz #2 (June 18)

Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Arjana Blazic Janet Bianchini Leahn Stanhope

Long Ago Lessons in a Japanese High School

Part of the series: Lessons Learned from Students Back with the ink was barely dry on my MATESOL, I had a group of students from whom I learned many, many lessons. This post is about three of those lessons… The setting: A once-a-week English class at a high school in Japan, in the mid 1980s. [...]

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