Looking back (5)
Where To Now? Originally uploaded by Katelyn Gibson Gatto and Holt made the most convincing arguments, and provided the most practical help. Holt pointed out that children (people) learn most from what they themselves actually do, rather than from what teachers do (or don’t do): “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the [...]
Looking back (4)
facing the wall Originally uploaded by NEINmeister I began to question my own values and assumptions:* was it necessarily A Good Thing to offer more choices, more autonomy?* what if my cultural values and those of my students were different, like Lisa Delpit describes? If that were true here, too, then I might not be [...]
Looking back (3)
Look Back Originally uploaded by InTheSunStudio The next stage (tho it wasn’t actually so neatly chronological) was reading stuff about empowerment, about language as power, about power differentials, about the classroom as a stage where power plays are enacted. That seemed to make some sense: * were my students perhaps behaving in ways similar to [...]
Looking back (2)
the look back. Originally uploaded by theshanghaieye What was going on? And what should I/could I do about it? My razor-sharp mind soon (after a few years) noticed a few things:1. students need to be told what to do2. they try to blend in with the group, try not to stand out3. they are afraid [...]
Looking back
looking back Originally uploaded by jennypenny26 I started this blog as a doodling-pad – a place to write in order to more clearly see what I want to say – as I blundered along attempting to “teach” autonomous language-learning at a private Japanese institution of higher education. I hoped also to attract comments and observations, [...]
Online grading
Last month, after making one too many errors typing in my grades into Excel, I decided to try an online grading system: I’m using MyGradeBook.com‘s 1-month trial, and so far have been pleased. Today, I also found Engrade Online Gradebook but did not sign up for the free account after the guided tour balked at [...]
Funny ads
Via Google (click on “add more content” to your iGoogle page), I discovered Funny Ads. I’ve had it on my iGoogle page for a few days, but didn’t watch any of them until today. A number are in languages other than English (some of those have English subtitles), and a number are “silent”, where the [...]
Objectives, importance of, in teaching
(Photo credit: skydive_upload12 by MikeyDotCom on Flickr) Borderland has an interesting post up called Ground Rush. Great story! Skydiving for school credit, wow! Wish I could have done that. His WordPress spam police fried my comment, and as this could be crucial to the future of education on this planet, I’m posting it here. Turning [...]
Cultural difference
Teaching English in a foreign country is a whole different game. I read a few teachers blogs, teachers in the US, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada. Almost all are teaching in their own native language, and teaching students who mostly have the same native language as the teacher. When you’re teaching students who [...]
Using English to process meaning (revisited)
Doug’s recent comment reminded me of one reason I enjoy keeping this blog: getting comments from people who work in EFL as well as from those who work in other fields. Yes, meta-language in textbooks is one of the (many) banes of a teacher’s working life, but I’m not sure this is the whole problem [...]
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