IATEFL Conference 2015
IATEFL Conference 2015 took place in Manchester from April 10 – 14, 2015. It was my first IATEFL conference since I joined IATEFL in March 2014. IATEFL stands for International Association ofRead More…
Category: Language Learning
Common Core and Middle School Poetry
I learned many wonderful things at The Farm School, where I ran a home school cooperative in a converted Chicken Coop for 10 years. I got to use power tools and take care of chickens. I learned about Read More…
Musician and Language Teacher
Charles Goodger is a musician and language teacher. According to Charles, “music and language share some common characteristics. They are both based on a a structured code of recognizable and meaninRead More…
Connecting Drama and Language Learning – An interview with Daniel Zappi
Daniel Zappi is a trained actor from the Oxford School of Drama with over 15 years’ experience in arts and education as a coach, theatre director, playwright, singer-songwriter and performer. He stRead More…
Notes with Notes: The Harmony of Music and Learning
And a one and a two and a… I could write a number of quotes about music, but I think the power of music is best illustrated here. Take a look at ten time Grammy-award winner Bobby McFerrin playing Read More…
Open Letter To A Comic Generator King.
Self-generating ideas for teaching with comics: (This article is dedicated to Bill Zimmerman and teachers around the world. It celebrates the power of comics for teaching and the transformative impacRead More…