Why teens are different and why it matters when you teach them. Download the article and slides here. “The best…

Recently, I've chanced upon a number of articles and blog posts championing the seemingly well-established idea…

Video has become a dominant material in our language learning classrooms. It is the "new" textbook. Part of the…

It is essential that all teachers build a "toolkit" that includes a set of go-to activities that they can use to teach…

I've been a teacher sharer for my entire teaching career - from backpacker to professor to ed-tech entrepreneur. From…

It’s the end of year time for many students and teachers. Time to sum things up. Time to set some goals, reflect,…

I have been teacher training, helping teachers in one capacity or the other since 1993 - the first time I went to a…

A teacher recently asked me if I had any links or resources related to task-based teaching. I did and took some time…

I hear it from students all the time. “I need to get rid of my accent” or “I need a real English accent.”…

I have had the honor to visit perhaps 1,000s of classrooms over the span of my career. A classroom is a "space" that…

Images are an essential component of any teacher's toolkit. But especially for language teachers who need to…

Sometimes to achieve understanding, humor works best. It's a great way to "show" - something that all great teachers…