My Writing and Workshops
The ECRIF Website
This website introduces a learning/teaching framework that I created some years back with Mary Scholl. The acronym stands for Encounter, Clarify, Remember, Internalize, Fluently use. It is a way of charting the process people go through when they learn skills and knowledge. Click here if you'd like to learn more about it.
This website introduces a learning/teaching framework that I created some years back with Mary Scholl. The acronym stands for Encounter, Clarify, Remember, Internalize, Fluently use. It is a way of charting the process people go through when they learn skills and knowledge. Click here if you'd like to learn more about it.
Understanding Teaching Through Learning. This book was published by McGraw-Hill in 2006. It is a course book for teacher training and teacher development. It examines basic principles of learning and teaching. Although there is a focus on teaching English to speakers of other languages, many of the frameworks have been used by content teachers as well. It is available through Amazon
Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice in Teacher Education. This is my Master's thesis, which explores some of the principles and practices of experiential learning. It explains the theoretical foundations of Understanding Teaching Through Learning.
Articles
- Grammar Tap. This article appeared in Modern English Teacher (2019, Volume 28, Issue 1) and discusses how bottom-up listening skills can be combined with grammar structures (you can download it below)
- Intentionality and Awareness in Language Learning. This article appeared in The English Connection, a national magazine for the Korean TESOL Organization (Winter 2011, Volume 15, Issue 4)
- Personal Vocabulary Notes. This article was published in the Internet TESL Journal in 2002 and explains a technique in which students research vocabulary they need to communicate their ideas.
- Motivation and Learner Training through Oral Quizzing. This article was published in the Internet TESL Journal in 2003 and discusses a way of quizzing students in a way that help them learn more effectively.
- PPP Under the MIcroscope. This article appeared the journal The English Teaching Professional in October 2002
| grammar_tap_article.pdf |
Guest Blogs
- Exploring Cultural Values with Students. (Guest Post on Larry Ferrlazo's Blog). This article shows how I have used Geert Hofstede's dimensions of culture with upper level students writing a compare/contrast essay.
- Using Quizlet Live. (Guest Post on Quizlet). I describe how I use Quizlet's interactive classroom game to review vocabulary words.
- Supporting Science of Learning in the Language Classroom. (Guest Post on Learning Scientists). I argue that telling students about the Science of Learning is not enough and offer ways of implementing it with students in and out of class.
- Tips and Tricks for Making Learning-Centered Flashcards (Guest Post on Quizlet).
