Activities March 11, 2013 Lessons from the Japan Earthquake (by Masatoshi Watanabe) The Great East Japan Earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011 directly impacted people living in Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate prefectures, but it affected people all over Japan. Over a period of about a... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / PLN Advice February 19, 2013 Boisterous Boys and Bored Girls I had a recent reminder of the power behind this blog’s simple motto: We’re better when we work together. To get some guidance in preparing for an upcoming webinar about working with large, small,... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Reflection February 12, 2013 Where do your stories come to life? (by Malu Sciamarelli) A book is like a garden carried in your pocket. (Chinese Proverb) January in Brazil means lots of rain and children on vacation fretting about not being able to play outside. At least, when... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL January 14, 2013 Teaching Soft Skills in India (by Shrishti Choudhary) I am Shrishti Choudhary. Professionally, I’m an IT engineer, but the job I relate to more is teaching English to government school kids. With my technical academic background, you might be wondering what compelled... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Reflection December 21, 2012 What I’ve learned and am still learning (by Ratnavathy Ragunathan) Note from Barb: If you’ve been over to the iTDi blog this week, you’ll know that the theme is What I’ve learned in 2012. I was thrilled when Ratna suggested a post on the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities / Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know December 5, 2012 12 Affective listening activities (by Juan Uribe) It’s a great pleasure to share affective listening activities here at the Teaching Village. I call them affective listening activities because emotions are very present in the movement, suspense, and laughter they produce.  These... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students / Professional Development November 11, 2012 What I learnt from my German Teacher (by Christopher Wilson) Let me start off by saying I was not a good German student. I found learning languages very hard at secondary school and only took German because I had to study a language and... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know October 28, 2012 XXIII Rules for Student-Centered Language Teaching (by John F. Fanselow) Note from Barb: 25 years ago, John F. Fanselow published Breaking Rules, encouraging teachers to really see what was happening in their classrooms, and then considering alternatives. John’s work had a powerful, positive influence  on... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development October 27, 2012 Little teacher me in the big ELT World (by Yitzha Sarwono) Note from Barb: I know that attending an international conference is a major decision for teachers — big conferences tend to require a serious investment of both time and money. Since some of you... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network / Professional Development / Reflection October 19, 2012 The Myth of the Perfect Teacher Note: This post was originally published on June 26, 2012. On October 14th, I did a presentation at JALT 2012 in Hamamatsu with Chuck Sandy and Ozge Karaoglu, during which participants created this prezi.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket