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Join me, Deborah Healey, Margi Wald, and Helaine Marshall for a series of talks on Optimizing English Language Instruction, sponsored by TEFL Kuwait. This will be on Saturday, June 26th. Double check the time in your part of the world. It will run from 10am to 2 pm on the east...

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 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...

This spring marked the 50th anniversary of the TESOL International Association. The convention in Baltimore was sprinkled with various celebrations of the big event. One such celebration was a musical production, The Wizard of Oz: A TESOL Tale.  In this retelling of the Wizard of...

I’m looking forward to meeting elementary and secondary teachers in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain for a series of workshops on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) between March 2nd and 13th.  I’ll be speaking in Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Cuidad Real, and...

The eyes of many around the world are focused on Brazil for the World Cup. Interest is high, even in the United States, where the sport is not one of the popular big four professional sports (American football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey.) But whenever people from the U.S....

What do you think about having students use smartphones and tablets in class? Is it a help or a hindrance? Here are a few thoughts on how to make the most of them.