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...

With Academy Award season upon us, ESL teachers may wish to think about how they can use movies in the classroom. Movies provide a wonderful source of language input for students. They can provide valuable exposure to language and also to culture, as well as being an excellent...

As teachers, we oftenwant to use images in our own classrooms. Although the Internet is full of wonderful pictures, it can sometimes be a challenge to find just the right picture that is also free of copyright restrictions. When I was first starting out in the field, about 35...

The TESOL International Association has teamed up with the Wiley publishing company to produce the TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. It’s available now here. This is a comprehensive, multi-volume examination of just about everything you need to know about...

Have you had the experience of attending professional conferences where you experienced death by PowerPoint—a presentation in which the person at the front of the room has too much text on too many slides. Often, the presenter then proceeds to read to the audience everything that...

I’m a candidate in the fall 2017 election for TESOL’s Board of Director’s. I’d love your support. Check out this catchy video, or read my remarks below. [Update: November, 2017. Thanks for your support everyone. I was elected and will serve on the TESOL Board from March...

English language teachers who work with students in the United States know only too well that teaching language by itself is not sufficient. Language learners also need to grasp the culture of the country they are living in, as well as learn how to overcome intercultural...

Are your students challenged by the media of today? Is it hard for them to make sense of what is happening in the world? If you’re free, I hope you’ll join me for a webinar on Empowering Your Students With Media Literacy on October 4th, 2017. The webinar is sponsored by the...