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Teaching in a Buddhist Monastery in India (by Anna Greenwood)
I am teaching in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery school in India. The area surrounding the school is rural; we have fields of ginger and coconut trees. The school is provided for the monks that live in the monastery and is entirely funded through the monastery. I see the students for one class a day. There [...]
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Classroom Management: stuff they didn’t mention in teacher training (by Marc Helgesen)
The way to become a teacher is to be a teacher. It is a truism in education that the way we become good teachers is through experience. The things we learn in certificate programs and grad school help, of course, but it is the act of teaching that gives us the skills we need. [...]
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About mountains, challenges and teaching (by Cecilia Lemos)
When you’re walking down a path and you see a hill, what do you think? Share the post “About mountains, challenges and teaching (by Cecilia Lemos)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Six Word Stories
Recently, I participated in a fabulous digital storytelling workshop through TESOL Electronic Village Online. One of the activities that caught my eye during the workshop was Six Word Stories. The process is simple: Students choose a picture and tell a story in six words. Share the post “Six Word Stories”FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Fun, in practice
At the end of January, I wrote a post inspired by Volkswagen’s Fun Theory competition. (If you missed the original post, it’s here: The Fun Theory in Language Learning) As often happens, as soon as I had “fun” on the brain, I started seeing posts and information related to this topic all around me in [...]
Cat and Mouse: Reinvention of a Traditional Game (by Marco Brazil)
In the US, they call it Duck Duck Goose. In Bulgaria they call it Pesek, while in Ghana they call it Antokyire. Children across the globe call it many different names, and in the Philippines we call it Iring-Iring. Iring is a Bisaya (Filipino vernacular) word for cat. Share the post “Cat and Mouse: Reinvention [...]
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Okayama: Wonderful teachers and my first school visit
I was in Okayama last weekend for the OUP Teaching Workshops. Okayama is famous for several things, including a story many of you know (at least in translation) and a food enjoyed by the main character in that story. Finding the name of the story and the name of the food is your webquest for [...]
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Teaching: a love story
This Valentine’s Day, since all the chocolate in Japan goes to men, I’m enjoying spending some quality time with the longest (non-family) relationship in my life: teaching. Share the post “Teaching: a love story”FacebookTwitterGoogle+
