May 29, 2012
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*First a disclaimer. I teach in Canada, an officially bilingual country with an institutionalized requirement of more than 1 language for success in many areas of work. This is also reflected in our 4 year universities that require language to … Continue reading
May 25, 2012
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In a second language classroom students regularly work with text in the Target Language (TL). We have them read independantly, or in pairs, and trust that they have ‘understood’ what they read. But did they? Often it isn’t the weaker … Continue reading
May 23, 2012
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When colleagues, who know I am on Twitter, ask about it the first question is always “why?”. After expounding on the benefits that a PLN brings the next question is inevitably “who?”. The people I follow is been a rather … Continue reading
May 18, 2012
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Over the past 17 years I have seen a real change in how I view the dreaded ‘speaking test’ portion of my Japanese classes. I used to struggle with what to do besides a ‘conversation’, presentation or a skit. A … Continue reading
May 8, 2012
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While desperately looking for statistics for a unit on Travel I realized that I was ignoring both a source of information (my classes), and a powerful tool for both gathering data and sparking discussion. So off to Google Docs and … Continue reading
April 12, 2012
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There are so many new approaches to be used in the classroom that sometimes it is hard to know how to start using them. “Flipping” is one of the latest tools that I have been adding to my repertoire albeit … Continue reading