ESL etc.

From January 14 to February 24, TESOL is offering a free, online conference. In addition to being free, the session are open to non-TESOL members. The Electronic Village Online is run by TESOL’s computer assisted language learning (CALL) interest section, so the sessions are mostly technology-focused. To participate in a session, you […]

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I realize that I’m late to the party on this one, but I just became aware of the dogme approach to English language teaching. It’s a stripped down, learner-centered approach that seems to mirror my own classes in a lot of ways. A few highlights:
The content most likely to engage learners and to […]

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Ning is a site that allows users to create social networks. Each network is made up of individual pages, along with forums, group blogs and file libraries. I’m new to Ning, but there seems to be a lot of potential here for professional collaboration.
I recently joined two networks: EFL Classroom 2.0 and […]

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I spend most of this podcast talking about my plans for the first day of class. Feel free to look at my notes if you’d like.
I briefly mention roleplays, which I talked about at length in podcast #2.
I then mention a couple of new email lists:
Larry Ferlazzo offers a subscription to his blog. […]

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TEFL China - A collection of three listservs dedicated to teaching English in China. One focuses on teaching, one on jobs and one on life in general.
TESL-L - The main list has over 30,000 subscribers. There are also sublists dedicated to CALL, IEPs, jobs, young learners and ESP. Archives of each […]

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This week, I begin by talking about some of my plans for the upcoming semester. While doing so, I refer to this earlier podcast about planning a project based course.
I also talk about the new features on the website, including the blog, the collection of article excerpts and the page of China links.
I mention […]

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I just found another email list for educators interested in bringing global issues into their classes. It’s called World 727, and it’s run by Merry Merryfield, a professor of social studies and global education at Ohio State University. To join, simply send an email to Professor Merryfield at merryfield.1@osu.edu.
She also oversees TeachGlobalEd.net, a […]

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