Dwelling in Possibility: The Benefits of Intensive Reading for ESL Students
June 16, 2018
Chimayo Press
“A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.” ―Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet What…
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Worksheet: Imperatives vs Polite Requests in the Workplace
May 22, 2018
Chimayo Press
“You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.” —Anna Quindlen (1953-), American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist…
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Teaching Matters: Creating Student-Centered Materials for Your English Classroom
May 12, 2018
Chimayo Press
“Be curious, not judgemental.” —Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet What makes classroom materials “student-centered”? How do fluency-focused materials help create a livelier learning environment? While…
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Teaching Matters: Introducing Informational Interviews to Your Advanced ESL Class
April 3, 2018
Chimayo Press
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” – Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), American author Speaking skills – in particular interview skills –…
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Now available: Compelling Conversations Vietnam bilingual supplement comes to Amazon Kindle!
January 16, 2018
Chimayo Press
“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling but wood that needs igniting.” —Plutarch (45-120), ancient Greek biographer and essayist Learn, work and dream…
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Coming Soon: An eBook of essentials from Compelling Conversations – Japan!
January 12, 2018
Chimayo Press
“No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly…and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study…
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Worksheet: Express Opinions and Improve Critical Thinking with Consumer Product Reviews
December 26, 2017
Chimayo Press
“A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.” — Euripides (485-406 B.C.E.), ancient Greek playwright Why use consumer product…
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Review: Balancing Fluency and Accuracy Activities in the Classroom
July 20, 2017
Chimayo Press
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.” —Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German novelist and 1946 Nobel Prize winner What’s the…
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Now available: Listen to Compelling Conversations Vietnam on ESL Garage!
June 20, 2017
Chimayo Press
“One of the secrets to life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” —Jack Penn (1909-1996), South African plastic surgeon, sculptor…
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Sound Conversations: Oral Language Solutions for Vietnamese Language Learners
February 21, 2017
Chimayo Press
“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” – James Joyce…
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