Integrating a WordPress blog with Twitter

Just discovered I have a Twitter account for autonoblogger. Using Twitter’s tools, I added a “Follow Me” button to the RH sidebar. Not satisfied with this simple arrangement, I decided to do something more sophisticated: have WordPress automatically send my latest pearls of wisdom on this blog directly to Twitter. I’ve done this before on [...]

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TPRS Workshop with Susan Gross in Shimabara, Japan, Sep. 2011

  A three day teaching skills workshop for teachers of foreign languages, held in Shimabara, Japan. We welcome any teachers, regardless of where and at which level they teach, and seek to build a forum for shared and co-operative skill improvement. An English – Japanese interpreter will be present for all sessions. More info on [...]

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My TPRS classes online

I have recorded part of some of my TPRS classes with a freshmen class at my university. I have adjusted the settings so that these videos are as available to the public as I can make them, while remaining within my university’s Learning Management System (T.I.E.S.). My university has developed its own Learning Management System [...]

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Storytelling resources

This Monday is a national holiday here in Japan – Sports Day! So naturally, I’m slouched in front of my NEC screen typing away. Soon we’ll go out to lunch here Going thru my links and generally tidying up this website, I came across a couple of resources that might come in handy for telling [...]

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Introducing a great website on teaching English in Japan

Here is another resource site for people interested in TPRS in Japan: Beniko Mason’s website. Prof. Mason promotes, studies, researches and uses Krashen’s theories of language acquisition. On her website is listed some of her publications in this field, including papers on extensive reading, comprehensible input, and so on. Some of her papers are in [...]

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TPRS.jp – a forum in English and Japanese for people interested in TPRS in Japan

TPRS.jp is a new forum that started up in time for the Susan Gross TPRS workshop last month in Shimabara, Kyushu, Japan. It is already very active. New forums are sprouting up almost daily! Check it out. Ask questions. Post answers. Introduce yourself. Forums exist in both English and Japanese.

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TPRS Workshop in Nagasaki! – Cancelled

Image via Wikipedia Update: This workshop has been cancelled. There will be a 3-day TPRS workshop in Shimbara, Nagasaki, Jan. 15-17. The workshop will be in English with interpretation in Japanese. The workshop will be led by Susan Gross, a TPRS veteran (Ben Slavic mentions her constantly on his blog as his inspiration and teacher), [...]

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Moved

Welcome to the new Autonoblogger website! Hey, it only took me 2 years and 11 days to move! Actually, it took me 30 minutes to register the domain with GoDaddy.com, 20 minutes to point the domain to my host www.siteground.com, 1 hour 10 minutes to install WordPress in 2 different locations and so completely screw [...]

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