This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with ...
Excellent Speaking Activity Paul Nation is particularly known for his research on helping English Language Learners develop vocabulary, but he knows far more than just that area. In this video, he shares a simple activity that lets students develop greater speaking fluency. ...
“As The Stakes Go Up, The Validity Goes Down” Well-known and respected author/researcher David Berliner (I’ve posted about his work several times) gives a very understandable explanation of “Campbell’s Law” in this video (this post’s title comes from his comments). The “law” says: *The more any ...
Helping Students Write Essays In a previous post, Three Good Questions For Teachers To Ask Themselves (& Answer Them Here If You Feel Like It), I shared that one of the areas where I have improved this year is in teaching writing. There have been a number of reasons for that ...
