I posted recently on reading strategies. Sean, a teacher in Michigan, in the United States, was not in agreement with the gist of my comments and contacted me about doing a podcast on the subject. I was only to happy to agree, and we had the follo…
I posted recently on reading strategies. Sean, a teacher in Michigan, in the United States, was not in agreement with the gist of my comments and contacted me about doing a podcast on the subject. I was only to happy to agree, and we had the follo…
I posted recently on reading strategies. Sean, a teacher in Michigan, in the United States, was not in agreement with the gist of my comments and contacted me about doing a podcast on the subject. I was only to happy to agree, and we had the follo…
Those who want to teach “reading skills” rather than foster a sense of the joy of reading, are, in my view only discouraging readers. Good readers are not those who have been taught reading skills, but those who read a lot. We need to find ways to…
The third in this series of seven videos.
When I hear the term metacognition, or metacognitive strategies, used in the context of learning, especially language learning, I am immediately turned off. I know that what will follow will be something that I do not like. It will be an attempt t…
“The average person between ages 15 and 24 spends 2 to 2 1/2 hours a day watching TV and 7 minutes reading”, according to a report in the US. If this is so, it is a serious problem. I believe that strong reading skills are the most important skill…
The following comment is from an exchange amongst language teachers.”While guessing might not be exactly what’s called for, I’d hope that practitioners would encourage some informed guesses some of the time (working from context, etc etc) – so tha…
This is such a good video I thought I would share it. It is instructional for those studying English and for those who would like to challenge the colossal waste that our municipal governments seem to be able to get away with. ( And not only the m…
It now looks like I will be in Osaka Friday and Saturday night, Jan 21 and 22. I suggest we aim to get together on Saturday the 22nd, possibly evening but I am open. Nagoya will Sunday night and Monday night, Jan 23 and 24. Perhaps we could aim fo…
