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A Language Teacher's Journey

December 7, 2016
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Adding Choice Options for Novices – The “Meeting/Fully Meeting” Options

Choice. It’s a key tenet of many teachers’ approach to language teaching. Spurred on by #langchat colleagues such as Amy Lenord, I have worked hard to provide choice in the vocabulary that my students use. Although I maintain a ‘base … Continue reading

December 8, 2014
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Best of 2014: No. 4 “How Do You Say…?” Extending Beyond the Vocabulary List

I’ll admit it. For every unit – a set of vocabulary. Used to ensure a basic set of words to discuss the topic.  My goal in this being that students have a common vocabulary with which to interact. But it’s … Continue reading

August 18, 2014
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Lose The Word “Chapter” – Gain a World…Freeing Yourself Up to “Change”

  It started with my Evernote daybook – I was editing and reviewing my classes and I thought “Why do I have units by ‘chapter’ and not theme?” Indeed – why? If you’re already here, and this is long gone … Continue reading

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