English Teachers Confront the Billion-Person Question
June 5, 2011
Chimayo Press
“How can rural Chinese students develop their listening and speaking skills with very limited opportunities to speak with actual native speakers in person?” This question…
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Does Teaching English Open Minds in Closed Societies? – Part 1
February 6, 2010
Chimayo Press
Does teaching English open minds in closed societies? Are repressive governments “right” to fear the spread of English? Can the mania for learning English destabilize…
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Making Accurate, Sound Comparisions in ESL/EFL Conversation Classes
September 4, 2009
Chimayo Press
How do you say that again? Which is correct? What is a sound comparison? English teachers and linguists might also find website www.soundcomparisions.com worth a…
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This I Believe
March 24, 2009
Chimayo Press
The "This I Believe" website includes a tremendous amount of free resources for teachers and students. Naturally, I also have a simple reproducible worksheet that…
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Practice Might not Make Perfect, but it Does Help ESL Students in Job Interviews
March 24, 2009
Chimayo Press
More Practical Job Interview Tips for ESL Students, Teachers from Q Blog During these difficult economic times, English teachers should take every possible opportunity to…
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Creating More Student-Centered Conversation Materials
March 7, 2009
Chimayo Press
EFL teachers continue to bring communicative techniques and direct learning methods to more and more Vietnamese students. Yet another exceptional educator working in Vietnam has…
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