Mike Guest

The Uni-Files

A candid look at EFL life and lessons from a university teacher's perspective.

January 10, 2012

Language Wars: This is Japan! Speak Japanese!

Recently, while in Vancouver I overheard two Asian men, likely Vietnamese, conversing in that language in a supermarket. I felt myself burning up inside. This is Canada! An English-speaking country! 'Speak English!' I thought to myself. Later, on the same trip I met up with my brother and his wife, who is originally from Thailand, at their home. ... More...

Barbara Sakamoto

Barb's Bits and Bytes

Web 2.0 for learning and teaching - the continuing online adventures of a not-so-techie teacher

January 6, 2012

TESOL Electronic Village Online: free professional development as close as your computer

For professional development, it's hard to beat the quality and range of sessions offered each year in TESOL's Electronic Village Online. The sessions are free and open to all teachers. (You don't have to be a TESOL member to participate.) For five weeks starting in January, participants can log on and engage in discussions and hands-on virtual ... More...

Daniel Stewart

Guest Column

A collection of articles from featured guest writers

September 14, 2011

Graded Readers on the iPad

The Way it Has Been Extensive Reading does not require graded readers. It is possible to do it with any comprehensible texts. So some teachers have their students read books written for native English speaking children and some teachers with higher level students even have their students do ER with newspapers. Still for the majority of us, we use ... More...

Greg Crawford

Reading for Children

Let's Make Reading Fun!

August 15, 2011

Phonics / Reading Board Games

Hello again, I hope you are all having a good summer and that the weather is not proving too hot for you :) I have just a very quick post today about some phonics board games that we have put up on our website for free download for teachers / parents who may be interested. If they seem like something you'd like to use with your students, you can ... More...

David Lisgo

Classroom Activities

English Teaching Materials, Games and Activities

July 21, 2011

Heads and Tails: Hungry Dog

Hello. I was asked recently by Chris Sharp to describe one of the card games found on my new digital data CD-ROM BAH 4, which is available through ELTbooks. The name of the game is "Heads and Tails" (Hungry Dog). I first perceived the game during a discussion on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETJ-Activities/ about a "Sound Dominoes" card game ... More...