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On February 26, 2020 I offered a webinar on the topic of Needs Assessment for ELT Course or Curriculum Design. This webinar was offered as part of a series by the Office of English Language Programs of the U.S. Department of State. If you missed the live version, you can watch...

I’m delighted that the 3rd edition of Q: Skills for Success is now available from Oxford University Press.  My co-author, Jenny Bixby, and I are very proud of our contributions. We co-wrote two books in the reading/writing strand of the series, Level 2 and also the...

I hope to see you all at the TESOL 2020 Convention and Expo.  This year’s conference will be held in Denver, Colorado from March 31-April 3.  Register now to get early-bird prices and be sure to grab a hotel now while the less expensive venues are still available.  Here’s the...

I had a terrific time working for the U.S. Department of State giving teacher-training workshops in Vietnam and Cambodia and speaking at the Cambodia TESOL conference. I’m delighted that they’ve selected me to be a “featured” English language specialist....

I’m looking forward to a series of talks and workshops in Cambodia from February 13-17 and in Vietnam from February 20-24. This series is sponsored by the English Language Programs of the U.S. Department of State. I am especially excited about delivering the opening plenary...

I hope you’ll join me for a webinar on Implementing Content-Based Language Instruction in your Classroom. It is sponsored by the English Language Programs of the U.S. Department of State. This webinar will focus on the needs of teachers using content-based language...

I hope to see you all at the TESOL 2019 Convention and Expo.  This year’s conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from March 12-15th.  Register now to get early-bird prices and be sure to grab a hotel now while the less expensive venues are still available. ...

The fall is a great time to work on professional development, and here is a great resource: a series of eight free webinars during the week of October 15-19. Once again this year, I’ll be joining some distinguished colleagues to offer these workshops. The webinar topics...

In case you missed my webinar from last fall on Practical Techniques for Teaching Culture in the Classroom, a video of the talk has been posted online.  You can access it from the videos page here on my site, or go directly to the Pearson website, where you can also view archived...

I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new at the TESOL Convention in Chicago from March 27-30. Will you be there?  Come and see me. I’ll be at the booth at TESOL Central in the exhibit area on Thursday, March 29th from 2:00-3:30.  I’ll also giving the...